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> From: Minch [mailto:ruby@m...]
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>
> at re-file time there is no need to do even the slightest jointing.
> Just do the identical number of strokes at the identicl pressure on
> every tooth and they will be pretty close to level.
> you can probably get 2 sharpenings before setting and 3-4 before jointing.
>

I side with Ed on this one. I only joint when things have gone awry.

To agree with another recent poster:
I also use wooden "jaws" that get clamped in my normal vice for
saw sharpening and have marked on the top sides of them the correct
angle for crosscut filing.

-- 
Peter Williams