Greetings, and tool sharpening ideas

[bvd1940]

Look around ebay junk stores and the like for a saw tooth hand set and learn how to use it, then google how to file a hand saw and study the the set up and execution of filing the teeth. Without a proper set it will NEVER cut any way near right!!!
There arnt any short cuts to learning how to file sharpen hand saws, I have done mine for most of my life and I am 76 years old this month and still take a file to the blades and have my hand setter to set the teeth.
GL and dont give up you will have an A HA moment and it will fall into place. look at a new good quality hand saw by looking down the row of teeth to get an idea on what they should look like, then look at it from the side so you get a idea how every other tooth has a different angle and set.
All saws are not filed the same such as a Japanese wood saw has no set just alternating file profiles.
Dont know if I helped or hurt your efforts but it is not that hard if you study the angles.

Greetings all. Looking forward to seeing ideas I didn't know I was looking for yet. I do have one thing I really wish I knew how to do. I have tried sharpening my own hand saws, and have the clamping vise that screws to my bench edge to hold the blade. But when I try to file the teeth by hand I never come close to even cutting of the teeth. I've got the angle right, I understand the goal - but I just don't have the hand skill to sharpen the teeth without leaving one bigger than the other. Seems to me there must be a better way. Has anyone come up with a home-built idea for a tooth index and jig?

To make matters harder, I have one backsaw that was of excellent quality - until I set my file to it. In the end, I wound up grinding it all down flat with the plan to cut new teeth. But, well, I need that indexer. It would have to be one that can vary in tpi, or else build several. I've searched, but either there isn't anything listed, or my keyword search is out of touch with the articles.