Picked one up the other day, for a whole dollar bill.   Since i seem to have a "stable" of handsaws, maybe I should at least learn how to use a saw set?The black "wheel" has a bunch of numbers on it......used for?     Not sure what brand this one is, seems newer than the others I saw yesterday.   Where is this "anvil' at?    And just HOW does one go about set a saw?  Another look at this "Gem"any links out there???

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Not having experience with hand saws but my father-in-law used one, and the tool is used for setting the teeth pitch or kerf. I believe the numbers correlates to the degree of tooth set desired. You would set every other tooth either to the right or left as viewed looking down the saw blades length. I believe this is done prior to sharpening. 

that looks like a very nice one.

The knurled knob and shaft are obviously to set it to the thickness of the saw. An unusual feature as I've seen a great many sets and never seen this  on any of them.

The anvil is that disk and the operational part is under the little l plunger that in your pix is beneath the  knurled knob & shaft.

The numbers may be the degree of the angle that the rotating anvil can be set to or it may be something to do with the deflection.  The anvil will have a grind on it that is progressively steeper  corresponding to the numbers.

You rotate the anvil to the angle you want and  leave it there for the duration of the saw  setting job.

t least now I have an idea of what it is and does. Thank You.

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Wayne Mahler
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brass wheel bolt holds the tool on the saw, the numbers on the black wheel corrospond to how much "set" (angle from 0 degrees) the tooth is to be "bent" or "set".

 

Test on a piece of 20 guage sheet metal.  Stick it in a vice and cut with tin snips little teeth.  Then use the tool to "bend" "set" every other one.

then go to other side of blade and repeat, "setting" the other teeth in the opposite direction.

 

By the way, in the second picture, the tool is upside down to the way you will be using it.

 

And as a further note there are many different ways to set teethsuch as

 

1 tooth wide right 1 tooth wide left

1 tooth wide right 1 tooth narrow left 1 tooth narrow right 1 tooth wide left

narrow right narrow left

all straight

and a thousand more depending on the saw, the angle of attack, shape of the teeth, and what the blade is made of.

 

 

Let me know if you need more help.

   Thanks for the info!   Now, it seems like I have at least one saw to try this new toy out on.    It's due in this week for a sharpening, and a finish on the new handle.  I THINK that maybe, just maybe, I can see them choppers well enough to "set" them.   6 tpi RIP blade.   Sycamore for the handle.    I have two choices for a stain.     Olde maple ( Minwax), or something called provincial.    There will be a matching crosscut saw done as well:That wat, i will have a nice 'set" for MY shop.  

That old "toolbox saw' that has a "new" handle, got a Walnut stain/ finish.   It does a nice job in the shop, even cut metal one day!   Non-ferrous, of courseJust hanging around, before the walnut stain/finish was done.   That is the "Hybrid Saw" behind it..

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