Awesome video about a sawmaker

M3mphis

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Found this on Robin Wood's blog. Impressive, to say the least.

[video=youtube;Ci5gKGBeHRA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ci5gKGBeHRA[/video]
 
Cool video. The talk of angles and bevels illustrates the comp filers need for precision. Warren Miller's vids are quite different, I dont think he mentioned any angles on the teeth, only that he sort of rolled the file to give a slightly almond shape to the tooth. When he talked about hammer setting, I think he said to hit the tooth "at a 30 degree angle, or something". I chuckled at that. Yours truly is not particularly fond of angles and measurements =)

I'll have to take a video of double bucking with one of my saws in some pine soon. Not as sexy as these saws but working saws nonetheless. I would wager they would cut longer with less maintenance =P
 
What suburb craftsmanship. His saws, while they are strictly competition saws, are beautiful. I can't imagine filing a saw (competition or not) from a blank piece of spring steel. All production crosscuts saws start life as stampings, then refined by filing.
Tom
 
To file each and every angle by himself; the level pf patience, focus and commitment-that is truly inspiring.
 
Holy crap--those are gorgeous saws! I need to learn how to take care of saws one of these days. They're one of the few edged tools I haven't really gotten into sharpening.
 
Thanks for that, I love to see such craftsmen at work. It was amazing how fast they cut through those logs.
 
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