Comments on: Ron Herman’s DVD on Saw Sharpening

By: Stuart Hough

Stuart Hough — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:21:47 +0000

Thank You Sir Chris!

By: Christopher Schwarz

Christopher Schwarz — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:40:39 +0000

This DVD will not cover smithing a saw. But I expect the second saw sharpening video will…..

By: Matt S

Matt S — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:17:40 +0000

Chris,

It is really great that Ron is doing this video. Any chance he delves into truing crooked saw plates? There are so many high quality saws out there with a little bit of a bend to them that could probably be fixed if someone knows how. But this is even less known than saw sharpening. I have read Bob Smalser’s articles on straightening saw plates, and tried to make sense of Hasluck’s explanation as well. Any other resources out there?

Thanks!

By: LesHarry

LesHarry — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:39:08 +0000

Chris,

good idea, i love the music as much as the videos…

By: Christopher Schwarz

Christopher Schwarz — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:18:34 +0000

Stuart,

All the music is public domain stuff from freeplaymusic.com. I’ll try to start adding links to the songs, which you can download for free, in future posts.

By: Stuart Hough

Stuart Hough — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 03:38:08 +0000

I took two of Ron’s classes at WIA Valley Forge and found Ron to be the ultimate teacher of this arcane art. I will buy the dvd when it becomes avaiable.
p.s.: Where does PWW find the music for their videos? How can they keep coming up with such great tunes?!?

By: Niels

Niels — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:01:56 +0000

Such a tease! Really looking forward to seeing the video!

By: tsstahl

tsstahl — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:58:11 +0000

I saw Ron’s sharpening demonstration in Oct. 2010. Before then I Had absolutely no interest in sharpening saws simply because of all the controversy. You can ask six woodworkers how to sharpen a saw and get seven answers.

Now I own several quality slim taper files (darn WIA marketplace is just too convenient). But I still suck at sharpening saws, so I guess I’ll have a chance for a virtual refresher when the disk is released.