What a great teacher

Thank you! Great video

this stuff is gold! thank you sir!

Been looking for a simple explanation on how to straighten my late 1800's dovetail saw...now I know. Thanks Paul

I want to learn of any tricks in straightening a "hand saw" or panel saw, the kind like you normally buy for carpentry work. Oh yeah, they're not used much now. When I had my first job, 1968, this was standard.

I love watching Paul work at whatever he's doing...thanks.

Since I know you, I have learned to appreciate the valency of hand tools. Greetings from Deurschland.

Thank You Sir, Always a pleasure watching a Master Craftsmen teach others.

Thanks for the video, I just bought a lovely old Spear & Jackson carcase saw from the local car boot sale that I'll apply these techniques to (as it has a slight bend in the spine).

Thanks Paul, more invaluable insight!

Thank you Mr Sellers. I've got the problem with a bigger saw without a back. If you'll do a video about restoration of biggersaw, I'm interested.

Vivendo e aprendendo! Exelente dica essa ,sr Paul .eu mesmo não sabia, obrigado.

I keep closing one eye whenever he shows the straightness of the saw and I don't even need to

I bought an identical Gents saw recently and noticed there is a bend so I'll be using this technique soon. Many thanks.

Thanks this really helped. Just fixed my Tyzak saw! Well chuffed 👍

Definitely going to put these techniques to use restoring my late grandfather's saw back into usable shape.

Paul, Thank you for the very helpful and useful information. JimE

That's a great tip, thank you for the video.

Good stuff! Thanks Paul!

Awesome advice as usual. I've 'inherited' a few saws from my father and a neighbour. I now know how to fix them. Thanks

seems I always get new insight from one of Paul's videos!

Thank you sir!

Many thanks.

Thanks, Paul!

Please keep making videos. Thanks!

This worked great to straighten an old Disston backsaw I bought at a yard sale.

Just got back from a car boot sale with and old rusty saw then noticed the kink☹️ in the back hopefully this will work, €2 for the saw 😀 looking forward to restoring it. Thanks for this video Paul as usual very helpful

I bought one of these Gents saws recently and was a bit disappointed with it. I thought it was just poor quality and haven't used it much. Now I know how to fettle it, thank you :-)

nicely done sir, good example when applied force over mass instead of one point of impact can readjust matter

Paul, I have a big pile of old, good quality hand saws that I am eager to restore and use or trade. I have the sharpening down well enough but need help with taking the bends out of large, backless saws. I've found instructions on the internet that call for tapping on the saw with a roundhead hammer, but can't figure it out for myself. I need video of this craft. I would also like to restore the etch on some of these saws but can't even find verbal instructions for this. I am sure I am not alone in this- there must be many others wanting to do the same things. Help us Obi-Wan, you're our only hope!

@Paul.Sellers

9 жыл бұрын

We have a vid in progress on this so will let you know.

@AndrewWilkersonAWC

9 жыл бұрын

Paul Sellers Sounds good. Can't wait. I have one with a bend but I'm reluctant to start hitting with hammer until I see what Paul has to say about it. Plus I think I need an anvil.

@emorymyparentsnevergavemea5882

8 жыл бұрын

+gregg usselman For raising an etch you can use gun bluing or vinegar. Just put it over the whole area, and then used sand paper attached to something flat ,or a flat sharpening stone, to sand off the black rust that is on unwanted areas. Some etches will be too shallow even for this, however.

@emorymyparentsnevergavemea5882

8 жыл бұрын

+gregg usselman Also, if a saw has a bow in it, you easily get it out just by submerging it in boiling water or pouring boiling water on it and then simply bending it out.

Thanks !

Clever. Very clever.

magic... :D

Nice tip.. Could you please make a video about the straightening of the teeth? thanks for the great stuff

How would you take the bend out of regular handsaws?

@kreegan

9 жыл бұрын

Yes I'd like to see a video on this as well.

Wow, more valuable insights. Thanks Paul :) BTW Is possible/sensible to buy new saw blades/plates for tenon saws & dovetail saws?

Hello Paul, I have succesfully used your advice on a backsaw quite similar to those shown in your tutorial. Now I found an old Slack, Sellars & Co tenon saw on a flee market, payed 2€ btw. As the Piston grip is screwed to the blade, I wonder how to straighten it? The back itself is made of u-bent steel and is dead straight, whereas the blade not only is bent in one direction but kind of two way zig-zag curved. Maybe it will be best to unscrew rhe blade trying to tap and whack without the aid of a handle? Any advice would be appreciated. Simon.

Would this work on larger bass back saws? Thanks for such great information!

@Paul.Sellers

9 жыл бұрын

Yes, just a little extra strength that is all.

@J0hnKnuckles

9 жыл бұрын

Paul Sellers Thanks. Most of my gent saws are good. I have a tenon saw that has a bow in it. I will try this!

Hi. First off again thanks a lot for all your vids. A pal gave me some used japanese saws for free. One of them although it's still sharp has a nasty bend along the first 5 cm on the front of the buttom saw side. Obviously the previous owner didn't understand that it's a pull saw and not a push saw... Is there something I can do to get it fixed?

@vicioussyd6870

6 жыл бұрын

SMCG if you put the blade in a vise fairly tight and heat it with a heat gun to about 60 degrees celsius it will go back to original straightness although some i have had have left the factory with a ever so slight right hand bend be careful not to heat it too much to avoid making the blade brittle

Do you any suggestions on straightening out the blades on a lopper? My blade doesn't touch the other piece.

Ha, you made me laugh when you whacked the saw on the table. Thanks.

Could someone help me on getting a twist out of a hand saw blade?

he's a magician. and his beard grows.

I tried this whacking technique on two of my tenon saws. Only thing that happens is that the spline gets detached from the blade. What am I doing wrong?

How many TPI does these saws have? I'm asking this because most gent and dovetail saws come in 20 TPI and honestly I don't think I'll be able to sharpen saws with teeth so small. Thanks.

thanks for these tips they are invaluable.

Paul, how do you straighten a backsaw?

@Paul.Sellers

6 жыл бұрын

We do a video on this on a bent saw on KZread but kinked saws generally cannot be straightened.

Thank you for this, Paul. - But the plate you're showing at 1:34, it is still slightly bent, isn't it? Or ist is just straight enough to be considered „straight“?

can you imagine how buggered the wood working world would be if Paul ever died? Good job he's superhuman

@jeff8470

7 жыл бұрын

Benvolio, please tug the lobes of both your ears gently downward. Just once each. It's an old Jewish superstition when a person speaks of a living person's future demise. Do it for all of us, but especially for Paul. After doing it, we'll all feel better. Thank you. The more of us who do it, the stronger the effect of protecting Paul.

I find it odd that you claim to have purchased a few none straight saws direct from the manufacturer? One could be excused but three? I doubt that as each one is checked for straightness. Also most folk would return the items if they felt they were not right but yet it's strange how you now have products to suit a video you have done on saw straightening?

tHat's AN ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT !

I wanna know how he know's all this stuff. He's colluding w/ Martians. I'm telling you.

@mikebarnes987

9 жыл бұрын

because he was trained as a young man by craftsman and he's been doing it for 50 years or so. Young people do not apprentice themselves to craftsman, at least not in this country. Too many regulations for a craftsman to risk hiring an apprentice (the govt.regs) and young people way overvalue their time and undervalue a skill.

@alext9067

9 жыл бұрын

Mike Barnes Yeah but. Yeah but.

I hope the folks who make these gents saws are watching this.... Garlick and Thomas Flinn et al. it's your products that have gone downhill over the years yet the cost remains quite high relative to this poor quality that is being put out.

@katieellis1806

4 жыл бұрын

Hello, I don't see how the quality of our products has gone down hill over the years? I can assure you that the PAX Gents Saws do NOT go out unstraightened as this video perhaps suggests. Our returns rate reflects this.

@thomasflinn

4 жыл бұрын

We have watched. We find it odd that he has three faulty products that suit his needs to make a saw straightening video.

@welshman100

4 жыл бұрын

Makes me think its from delivery, knocking around in the back of vans.

@bangbang51211

4 жыл бұрын

Scrimjaw I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case. Companies really tend to cheap out on the packaging. It says a lot about the company.

@katieellis1806

2 жыл бұрын

@@bangbang51211 No, our stuff goes out well packed!