StewMac's "gauged saws"

[soapbarstrat]

If anyone has the StewMac .020" gauged saw, or the "re-fret" saw, I want to know if the teeth have the same width as the rest of the blade (above the teeth). If the teeth are wider (I guess that's the kerf), I want to know what the width of the non-toothed part of the blade is. I hope I explained this ok.

Yeah, I could e-mail stewmac, but I'll do that if no one here can help.

[Guitarfrenzy]

Soap, I have one, but it's at the shop right now, I'll get it today and take my digital calipers and measure it for you. If I remember correctly though. The teeth are the same width as the rest of the saw. But don't quote me on that until I can get you a measurement.

[Guitarfrenzy]

Ok.. I just now had the time to post. I have a .020" saw that Stew Mac sells.

I measured the metal saw below the teeth area and it did read exactly .020".

Then just to make sure, I measured the teeth also. It read .020" also, which is good.. lol Since it was sold as a .020".

So yes the teeth are the same width as the rest of the saw. Hope this helps.

[soapbarstrat]

Hey, thanks for that. That's exactly what I wanted to know. I bought some little mini hack-saw blades that have a .025" kerf in the teeth, and the non-toothed area of the blade is .016". I have a pretty good idea of how to make a homemade refret saw. I don't like stewmacs refret saw because of the price, and I want a little handle on the other end of the saw like the blitz saws have. But, I really like the idea of the blade being .020" throughout.

The stewmac ones might actually be zona saws.