I use one of those magnifying lights that you can clamp
to the bench.  Costs $25- $30 in several of the WW
catalogs.
 
And starting out with that many teeth is making it hard
on yourself.  Try picking up a junker at a Flea Market
($3-$5 around Dayton OH).
 
Tom Ellis

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter J. Hahn [mailto:hahnp@m...
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 3:18 PM
To: OLDTOOLS@w...
Subject: saw sharpening (attempt #4)


A question for you older galoots. I have been wanting to learn how to
sharpen my saws and I thought I would start with my
old Sandvik backsaw for practice - I dont use it much any more.
Its about 15-17 TPI (more later), and using Tom Laws primer I
got as far as re- setting the teeth - and I started to break a few.  I
realized that even when I put on my reading glasses I was
having a hard time seeing which way the little teeth were set its
hard to even count how many per inch.