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Advice please on what hand saw to buy
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Having had a look on the shelves this lunch time, 7tpi would seem to be
quite an "aggresive" cut.
It's not a question of "aggressive", it's a question of tooth shape.
7tpi is probably a rip saw, with teeth shaped like chisels for ripping
along the grain. You're likely to get better use from a crosscut saw
with knife-shaped teeth, designed for going across the grain. Firstly
you probably are crosscutting more than ripping, and secondly you can
rip tolerably well with a crosscut, but you can't crosscut worth a damn
with a rip saw.
Get anything you like from Bahco, Skil, Jack or even B&Q and it will
serve you well until you probably stand on it one day and bend it.
Hardpoint teeth are probably the best option. Paying more for a plastic
coating is a good idea -- they don't work that much better than a good
clean and waxed saw, but they do resist rust better if left in the
shed.
If you're tempted to get a Japanese-style pull saw for accurate
carpentry, then you'll probably find them to be a little weird at first
but deliver much better results than you'd had from a tenon saw before.
However buy a "traditional" one with a wooden handle (Axminster or
Tilgear) rather than a "Shark" or "Bear" with a plastic handle. I
haven't yet seen a plastic handled Japanese saw that wasn't a rattling
loose fit.
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