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What kind of wood will you be cutting?
Those are soft woods and you will want a little more set and steeper filing angles on the cutter teeth. Looks like a good saw, is it taper ground?
I really appreciate your reply and knowledge! I actually do own a couple decent one man saws. I would just really like to own a good two man saw that I can use by myself. I would love to find a 5 foot 1 man as well and I always keep my eyes open for one that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg to ship.If a #22, it has 6 gauges of taper, that's WAY crescent ground. A great feature for double bucking, light carry and negligible set, but that also was makes it floppy. I'll bet the center spine is practically a knife edge. As such, it wouldn't be my first choice for single bucking. The Royal Chinooks had much thicker steel on the tooth end and are less "wiggly". The taper ground Simonds 520 is even stiffer. Any reason you didn't buy a big one man? You can find those up to 5' on eBay.
Shipping is the least of the cost. A five foot saw would ship most anywhere in the US for about 30.00 or 60.00 RT. Getting it filed and getting the right handles will be more than that. Gives you incentive to learn the filing process.
What filing angles and set would you suggest?
I shoot for a 28°-30° bevel angle, sometimes steeper. If the saw has any taper to the grind, 0.012" is plenty of set. If a flat plate 0.015" or more. Warren Miller put steeper bevels on his softwood saws. Racing saws are sub-20° bevels. I roll the file as I work toward the top to put a slight curve to the tooth to prevent finishing with a weak point. I can't post pics on this site but the crosscut saw manual has a lot of these examples.
Thanks much!
Overall length or length between the holes?
Have you compared to Millers Falls "BLU-MOL" power hacksaw blades?
Hi Bob!
I couldn't find that shape blade by Millers (or any other company) either.
In the ballpark though?
A possibility. In poking around, I could not find that Millers made/sold ice saws.
I couldn't find that shape blade by Millers (or any other company) either.
In the ballpark though?
A possibility. In poking around, I could not find that Millers made/sold ice saws.
A piece of ice (or whatever) to be cut will be limited in width by the distance between the handles leaving some back-and-forth room for sawing.
Curious saw.
Bob
