How to Sharpen a Hacksaw on a Tree
A sharpened hacksaw for wood saws itself. this will be confirmed by any professional carpenter or joiner. If you do not agree with this, then it’s time to sharpen the tool.
Sharpening a hacksaw for wood includes setting the teeth of the saw. To do this, there are special ways, as well as improvised tools.
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Saw layout
Tooth pliers
Tooth pliers are a good tool. Its cost can be compared with the price of a hand saw: 300-500 rubles. It is very convenient to use, the removal of the tooth of the saw to the side will be what you need.
Wiring for a hacksaw. It’s also a good thing and is inexpensive. the average price is around 100 rubles. The design is elementary: several slots and an adjustable goniometer. The tooth is inserted into a suitable sized slot, and wiring is carried out by pressure on the handle. The set goniometer ensures uniform wiring.
Wiring for a hacksaw
Technology is simple: the blade is inserted between the two teeth and the ax is turned, the teeth are bent to the sides.
Ax setting
The wiring of the saw can be done with the help of a self-tapping screw. It is safer. To do this, you need a long screw. to make it more convenient to hold. Before work, it needs to be slightly modified. It is necessary to slightly sharpen his hat on one side. to make it flat. This is necessary so that when it is applied to the tooth, it does not slip and does not deform the latter.
The hacksaw lies flat on soft wood (pine, spruce). Holding the screw by the leg, put it on the tooth with a hat and hit it with a hammer. Tooth bends. The operation is carried out through the tooth. After the saw blade is turned over, and the operation is similarly repeated.
Tooth set with a self-tapping screw
Sharpening process
For sharpening, the saw needs to be firmly fixed so that when exposed to a file, it does not vibrate. Otherwise, the quality of work will be low.
They fix the hacksaw blade vertically, often in a vice, in makeshift clamps, but if there is neither one nor the other, then you can do without them.
The fixing method without special devices is “on the edge of the workbench”. The hacksaw blade is laid so that only the saw teeth hang from the edge of the table. However, the handles of the saw are always thicker than the blade, and therefore the place next to it cannot be put tightly to the workbench. Therefore, you need to use the corner of the table, and then the handle of the saw will not interfere.
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If there is a clamp, you can fix it like this.
And this is a method without a clamp, fixing is done only by the hand of a sharpener. It is quite convenient and safe.
Fixing a saw without a clamp
A file or file is taken in the right hand, and, pressing the blade of the hacksaw with his left hand, proceed to sharpening.
To sharpen the teeth of a saw through one. The file movements with this method produce a roll down. A file is applied to the sharpened tooth and is moved downward with an effort downward.
The file must be kept inclined in two planes. In horizontal. it is about 30 degrees. In the vertical. about 60 degrees. The tilt angles are individual for each saw, because they can differ both in the shape of the tooth and in its size.
Sharpening the left side of the tooth.
Sharpening the left side of the tooth
Sharpening the right side of the tooth.
Sharpening the right side of the tooth
Here’s what should happen: to the right of the file pointer are the machined teeth, to the left is not.
To the right of the file pointer. machined teeth, to the left. no
Used tool
Since the saws differ in shape and purpose, their teeth are different. And in order to sharpen a hacksaw in a quality manner, you need a different tool.
Triangular file with one working side. The profile of this tool is not standard, if on a regular triangular file all sides are equal and working, then this needle file has one working side, and its shape is an isosceles triangle with a very large base.
With this triangular file with one working side, it is convenient to process small or oblique teeth. During operation, it acts only on the surface to be treated; on others, it only glides. There is no risk of grinding off an adjacent tooth.
Plain triangular file. A compact tool that handles most standard wood hacksaws conveniently.
Normal triangular file
Triangular file. Perfect for sharpening saws with a large tooth.
What should happen
When sharpening, you need to ensure that the hacksaw’s teeth are sharp and resembled a shark tooth in shape. Only such a tooth is good at sawing. the hacksaw will not slide on the tree, but will “bite” into it. And then it will become clear why the “right” saw is cutting itself.
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