On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 21:01:41 -0500, Martin Eastburn wrote:

How old are you steve ? I've been using rip and crosscut since 1952.
This is before all of the fancy power junk that splinter the wood.

Martin,in your initial post in this thread you said:

"Rip saws have teeth that are inline without any set. Wax the saw and let
it rip!"

That "without any set" is what prompted the replies. Maybe you meant
otherwise, but if not your experience seems lacking :-).

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