Online Saw Sharpening Resources

 Here is a set of links on saw sharpening. I have sharpened rip teeth fairly well for 25 years, but I have never been happy with

my crosscut sharpening. I have invested in a Gramercy saw vise, and some Magni-Focuser glasses, and I hope to practice on crosscut saws until I can sharpen them well enough to please myself.

These links are presented with no annotation and in no particular order. Just jump in and read around. Paul Sellers has several YouTube videos on saw sharpening, and as with all else in the Paul Sellers woodworking universe, he exhorts you to forego fancy jigs or painstaking study of the theory, and just dive into it. I cannot argue with his results, but I think his approach works best in an apprenticeship situation, where a more experienced worker offers a steady stream of correction and encouragement. Still, his saw sharpening videos are the best I've seen online for getting a good look at what the experience of sharpening saws should be.

blackburntools.com/articles/saw-tooth-geometry/index.html#breasting

http://www.vintagesaws.com/library/primer/sharp.html

http://www.badaxetoolworks.com/Filing.php

https://toolsforworkingwood.com/store/blog/86/title/Saw%20Spectra