[SEL] Buzz saw

[Bill Brueck]

Now yer talking my style!  

I consider a chain saw to be a fine woodworking tool.

B²

Bill Brueck
   Chatfield, Minnesota, USA

Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.

-----Original Message-----
From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of David Rotigel
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 8:23 AM
To: The SEL email discussion list
Subject: Re: [SEL] Buzz saw

It can also be done by eye. We are not making cabinetry with these things!
1/16 inch each way (giving a 1/8 [plus blade width]) kerf should be about
right.
	Dave
PS, hell, I use a crescent wrench to "set" my drag saw blades.

On Feb 23, 2009, at 10:58 AM, Best, George wrote:

> With a hammer ;-)
>
> My father had a factory made fixture for setting the teeth on buzz saw 
> blades.  Next time I go visit my mother I'll have to dig it out and 
> take a few pictures of it.
>
> To use it you take the saw blade off the saw and place the fixture on 
> the shop floor (or you could use a work table).  You position a saw 
> tooth over the striking spot and hit the saw tooth with a hammer.  You 
> then turn the blade to skip a tooth and do every other tooth.  After 
> the one side is done, you flip the blade over and do the other teeth.
>
> I have a 30" buzz saw  at home and we set the teeth on it several 
> years ago using that fixture.  Worked great.
>
> George
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Andy 
> Glines
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 5:55 AM
> To: stationary engine
> Subject: [SEL] Buzz saw
>
>
> I know that several of you have saw rigs so I'm comming to you for 
> help with mine.  I tried using it last fall to saw some firewood for 
> the steam engine with little success.  The teeth look to be in good 
> shape but there seems to little or no set to them.  How much set 
> should the saw teeth have?  How to I set them properly?
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