How to Hammer a Circular Saw with Casey Creamer

Casey Creamer is a longtime columnist for the Northern Logger Magazine and a Saw Doctor with years of experience hammering circular saws.

[jeremiahmccutcheon]

You need more videos of this guy. I’ve worked maintenance at several saw mills and also worked in the file rooms. Saw Filers are talented people and that is a good job to have. This guy is good at what he does. He explains this process better than any saw filer I have ever been around

[pauledmundson]

I had no idea about blade tension. Casey could be a college professor, the way he clearly explained it. I hope there are younger people learning this skill, looks like it takes years of experience to do it at this level. And "Show me something perfect and I'll show you something you didn't check close enough" just became my favorite quote.

[Matthew-junk]

Extremely intriguing information! I am fascinated by this kind of work. Thank you for putting the energy into this presentation (and all of your others).

[grazynazambeanie]

I don't care how good you are, you're not going teach someone how to bench, press, or hammer a saw in 38 minutes

[bradgotschall]

What an interesting video. Nice to see a person with the skill and knowledge who can explain well.

[zacdrilling]

this has been one of the coolest videos I've ever seen your true professional in your field and I like the fact that no matter how many times you have to go back to continue to correct what you need to do you never give up you're an awesome human being and God bless you 😇

[fireflytube]

A very good video about a difficult to understand subject. At minimum it will allow a saw blade owner to test test a blade for flatness, wobble, tension and other defects such as poor sharpening, and then make a decision as to whether to send it for a hammering service. Hopefully he can make more follow up videos in more detail about the specific terms, tools and diagnostics.

[paulmarcoux]

"Show me something perfect and I'll show you something you didn't check close enough" Love it!

[iamtheman]

The knowledge and skill this man posesses can not be overstated. Somewhere there is an army of engineers and managers feverishly trying to devise a method or machine that can do what he does with the push of a button. Good luck with that.

[joestreet]

I use to go with my dad when we delivered lumber and firewood or took saw to be hammered..thats all gone now..all the old loggers my dad would visit and talk about when they were younger..o miss the stories but even more I miss these old timers like this guy.i bet he has forgotten more about this then I will ever learn if I had three lifetimes..thank you for this video..its a lost art now days..i still have three old's blades for sawmill..i will keep two of them since they are the same...1880 Simons blades.but third is slightly different and use different teeth even though it's same size..tjank you for the video here..it reminded me of watching the old cello hammering and checking our old blade..i just wish I knew what the rpm of our mill was..i will have to have my blades checked if I get it going and adjusted for rpm of that engine used

[ChrisCurtis-gfdh]

I dont know why but when he was hammering the blade and spinning it i heard the song "Do a little dance, make a little love, get down tonight.' by the KC & The Sunshine Band.WhoOO!

[pabloghia]

Finally! Someone who is able to explain round saw hammering in a concise, coherent manner. I filed saws for over thirty years on the west coast both large log and small log mills. When I was taught large circle saws (72”) it was by and old sawer who benched his own saws. His teaching method was very similar to this talented filer.

[budspaulding]

What a great video. Never hurts to learn something and understand how things work. Thanks

[rickwatts]

thank you Casey. I have a friend that has bought a Foley Belsaw mill and has quite a few blades. You explained this very well and I notice your shop is in an old school. Kinda ironic for a great teacher like yourself.
I live in Canada near Sault Ste. Marie so I think I will be the guy sharpening and getting his blades to work properly. thanks.

[dougpark]

When I was in high school my dad, brother, and I got an old circular saw mill running. Hammering a saw is something I saw done but never with this level of precision. I never did it myself and never had a desire to learn. It is a somewhat obscure skill that I'm glad is somewhat documented here.

It would be nice to see a video on how to sharpen and replace tooth inserts.

[advance]

Casey Creamer, in my thoughts, the best saw Smith. I remember being in that building when I was taught by Casey to hammer saws. In that saw cleaning room, while I was cleaning a saw with the wire cup, I accidentally cut the power cord to the tool! Casey made saw hammering so simple and I still hammer saws to this day thanks to your teaching. You still doing ice racing? Thank you Casey for having to put up with my stupidity 😅.!

Thanks so much for recording and posting this!

[richardjulian]

I knew this process was involved, but I never knew how involved it really was!

[dontwobble]

When i did my traineeship as a saw dr we just used an anvil, hammers and straight edge, this is next level stuff.

[storminnormanz]

people think these circle mills are simple, they couldnt be more wrong you really have to know your stuff to run one and this man really knows how to get one right