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Information and various things that I have found while examining Crosscut Saws

Updated: 11:55 AM 4/7/2026
I have written most of this information. In several locations I have copied information/data from others and I think that I have given credit when I did that. Previously some of this information was in several different locations on this web page. I have gathered, and expanded all the data here.
  1. Grids to use in describing the exact shape of Crosscut saws' teeth. There are two pairs of grid types. One is for use with inch or metric measurements. The other pair uses either thick or thin line in the grids. It is anticipated that these forms will be printed out and used as method of determining specific data about a saw. If these pages are to be used with a light table, be sure to only print on one side.
    1. All grids in one document.
    2. Grids with thin lines and inch measurements.
    3. Grids with thick lines and inch measurements.
    4. Grids with thin lines and metric measurements.
    5. Grids with thick lines and metric measurements.
    6. Forms to determine the number of teeth per inch of a Crosscut saw.

  2. I found a very useful web site Sizes.com which has much information about various subjects. I recommend it for various information seeking trips. I have taken their information about metal gauges and modified it for use here.
    1. At Sizes.com they have their information about gauges.
    2. Email to Sizes.com about my scraping of their web site. I haven't received a reply to it as of 3:47 PM 4/7/2026.
    3. Data that I have "improved" from the sizes.com web site.

  3. Basic reference data. Please note that in Sizes.pdf", I have used gnuplot for plotting various gauge information. gnuplot does not understand gauge sizes of "00" (double aught), etc. so I had to use negative numbers when the metal size gage/gauge got less than 0. I.e. -1 = 00, -2 = 000, etc. The same problem happens when gauge sizes are Letters "A", "B", etc with -1 = "A", -2 = "B", etc.

  4. Information from various "standard" publications. As I discover additional data sources this information will be updated. There is a large amount of information that I have found and extracted the most interesting data from. The data is located here Standard Reference Data.

  5. Specific Saw Manufacturer's data
    1. Atkins
      1. Information about Atkins saws.
      2. Various versions of information about Atkins' saw teeth. Atkins listed tooth information differently in different catalogs. Here I have marked the different data in "blocks" and then merged/sorted all of that data together into a single list. Sometimes the same saw number will have different tooth dimensions in different catalogs.
      3. Information that I reloaded from Atkins's catalog about their saws in web format.
      4. Information that I reloaded from Atkins's catalog about their saws in text format.
    2. Disston, under construction
    3. Simonds, under construction

  6. Misc data
    1. A list of recommended things to read.
    2. Unique and unusual Publications