Comments on: New DVD: ‘Sharpen Your Handsaws,’ with Ron Herman

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 02:55:34 +0000

George, here’s Ron’s response:
I don’t really file “backwards”. To limit the body movement I let up on the file and reapply pressure on the stroke. The key to a lot of this is consistency.Since the jigs I use are visually lined up, my body movements have to be kept to a minimum. Hope this clears some of it up .

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:05:27 +0000

George, I’ve sent a note to Ron with your question – hopefully, I’ll hear back from him soon!

By: georgebclark

georgebclark — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:01:28 +0000

When Ron is fileing the ripsaw to remove some set it appears to me that he is fileing backwards, ie leading with the tang. The man obviously knows exactly what he is doing and I am curious as to the reason for this.

By: Megan Fitzpatrick

Megan Fitzpatrick — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:26:45 +0000

Well…yes. Chris tested it, and it is good. (And, because it’s not cast iron, the shipping cost is reasonable, to boot.)

By: Andrew Yang

Andrew Yang — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:00:28 +0000

I guess the cover photo is a tacit endorsement of the Gramercy saw vise?