Handsaw

Safe Tips for Sharpening Saws

Although using manual labor methods, this one carpentry tool is widely used and is a favorite of many people. Frequent use at high intensity can make the saw's sharpness decrease.

For this reason, just like handyman tools or other work tools that need maintenance, hand saws also need maintenance, namely by sharpening them, using sandpaper or other sharpening tools.

The following are safe tips for sharpening saws, including:

1. Clean the Saw

Cleaning the saw is very important as the first step in maintaining and sharpening your saw. Clean your saw from any remaining sawdust or wood chips using a brush or wire brush, if the dirt has stuck to it hard. Even though they have different models and brands, such as the Kennedy hand saw, and the Stanley hand saw, or other brands, this process is carried out in the same steps. You can use sandpaper to make it cleaner.

2. Rinse and Dry

After you clean your hand saw using a brush or iron brush, the next step is to rinse it with water, make sure you don't soak it, then dry it in the sun and wipe it with a cloth. This process can remove all the cleaning results using the previous brush and iron brush. In this process, make sure you don't get hit by the serrations of your saw.

3. Clamp the Saw

Next enter the preparation stage for sharpening your saw eye, or saw blade. Clamp your saw by gripping the table with the sawtooth facing up. Usually, craftsmen who do not have a table grip work around this by stepping on the saw with the same tooth position facing upwards. It's just that this method is less safe and secure at work.

4. Prepare Miser

The next step is to start sharpening the saw blade using a file. Make sure you work from the ends of the saw using both hands. Make sure your saw file forms a 15-25 degree plate. Then file the saw blade alternately. Once everyone has had their turn, make sure you bend each side of the sawtooth slightly.

5. Clean the Saw again

Furthermore, after the sharpening process is complete, you must clean the saw again. The cleaning this time aims to clean the remnants of the clean powder from the grinding earlier. The cleaning process for this saw is the same as the previous cleaning process.

6. Keep the Saw in the Right Place

After all the processing is complete, you can store the saw in the right place. Keep the saw along with other tools such as hammers, axes, sandpaper crowbars and so on in one place so that they are easy to find.