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Saw Sharpening Tools

Here you will find the tools you need to sharpen sawblades. All files delivered without handle. Handles you will find here!

Flat file to trim irregular teeth

Length	Width	Cut
200 mm	20x5 mm	2

Saw-file ordinary

Length	Width	Cut
100 mm	9 mm	2
150 mm	13 mm	2
200 mm	16 mm	2

Saw-file thin

Length	Width	Cut
100 mm	6.3 mm	2
150 mm	9 mm	2

Saw-file extra-thin

Length	Width	Cut
100 mm	4 mm	2
125 mm	5 mm	2
150 mm	6 mm	2

Saw-file for Gent's saw

Length	Width	Cut
100 mm	6 x 4 mm	2

Saw-files for Japanese Saws With these files traditional Japanese saws can be sharpened. Made in Japan!

Length	Width	Cut
75 mm	17 x 2.3 mm	2
100 mm	20 x 3 mm	2
150 mm	28 x 4 mm	2

Sloping clamp This sloping clamp with machined jaws is the ideal tool for fixing sawblades. Jaw length approx. 26 cm / 10", made in Germany. Order nr. 301255 Price € 104.00

Handsets made by SOMAX SOMAX makes 4 different handsets: with magnifying glass or not, for normal or for fine sawblades. They have a stamp width of 2.2 mm, suited for normal saws or a stamp width of 1.4 mm, suited for fine saws.

Features	Teeth ratio
Without mg. glass	3 - 7 mm/8 - 4 TPI
Without mg. glass	1,5 - 5 mm/16 - 5 TPI
With mg. glass	3 - 7 mm/8 - 4 TPI
With mg. glass	1,5 - 5 mm/16 - 5 TPI

How to use handsets SOMAX's handset is geared to British measurements. In contrast to the European continent, where the width of the teeth is given in mm, the designation is TPI (=teeth per inch - the number of teeth per inch). Here is a small table of equivalences:

TPI (teeth per inch 20 12 10 8 7 6 5 4 Teeth ratio in mm 1,25 2,1 2,5 3,2 3,6 4,2 5,1 6,4

SOMAX handset with the 2.2mm stamp will cope with teeth between 3 and 7 mm (8 - 4 TPI) in width, the one with the 1.4mm stamp between 1.5 and 5 mm (16 - 5 TPI).

	You unscrew the knurled knob and turn the scaled ring (which is the anvil onto which the teeth are pressed) until the desired pitch appears as a TPI figure, visible from above through the magnifying glass (if you have the handset with the glass).   Thus if your offset saw has teeth 3 mm wide, you set the ring at "8" because 8 teeth per inch is equivalent to 3 mm wide teeth. Accuracy to decimal fractions is not necessary. If you want less offset, you can also set the ring to 10 in the example we have taken, or if you want more, to 7.   Now place the handset on the teeth at one end of the blade in such a way that the stamps points to the first tooth, and press the grip together.
	By being pressed against the anvil by the stamp, the tooth is set. Do this to every second tooth the length of the blade, then turn the blade round and give the remaining teeth the same treatment in the opposite direction.
	It is on you whether you prefer a handset with magnifying glasses or not.