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Hand Sawing

Crosscutting with a hand saw
12 October

Hand Saw Foundations Introduction

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Videos
  • Comments 2 comments

This is the introductory video to my Hand Saw Foundations course.

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20 March

Using Saw Reflection for Square Cuts – Practical or Parlor Trick?

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips
  • Comments 2 comments

If you’ve been around woodworking hand tools for a while, you’ve likely heard of the hand saw hack that lets you saw perfectly square across a board without the aid of a pencil line to guide your cut. Wait! You haven’t seen this before? Here, hold my beer.

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16 March

Video: Three Tips for More Precise Hand Sawing

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Videos
  • Comments 0 comment

Try these three tips to improve your hand sawing.

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13 March

Body Mechanics for Precision Hand Sawing

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips
  • Comments 2 comments

While sawing precisely by hand may seem like black magic when you’re first learning, the secret to precision hand sawing, if you can call it that, is starting the cut precisely, and proper body mechanics during the cut.

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11 March

Video: How to Start a Hand Saw Cut

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Videos
  • Comments 0 comment

In this video, I demonstrate an exercise I call “saw without sawing”. This short exercise helps to teach the new hand saw user what it feels like to take the weight of the saw off of the wood when starting a cut with a hand saw, and makes for more precise cuts.

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09 March

How to Start a Hand Saw Cut

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips
  • Comments 1 comment

A common struggle for new hand saw users is starting the saw cut cleanly and accurately. While the symptoms being experienced might seem like a problem with the saw itself, they are all caused by improper technique.

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06 March

Video: Resawing by Hand

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Videos
  • Comments 0 comment

If you don’t have a band saw, you can still resaw thick boards into thinner boards, or make your own shop sawn veneer. In this video, I demonstrate the use of a frame saw for resawing by hand.

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02 March

How to Resaw by Hand

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Tools
  • Comments 5 comments

If a bandsaw is not available and you need to resaw a board into a thinner dimension, are there ways to do it by hand? Of course there are!

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28 February

How Much Resawing was Historically Done?

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Tools
  • Comments 6 comments

Most historical texts don’t have much to say about the process of resawing, or the tools that would have been used in the joiner’s or cabinetmaker’s shop to perform this task. This usually begs the question, “How did they do it?” However, before we address the question of how they did it, we should first understand IF they did it.

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Hand Tools & Techniques Podcast
22 March

HTT022 – Improving you Hand Sawing

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Audio
  • Comments 0 comment

On today’s show, I discuss making curved cabinet doors, dealing with warped boards, combination planes, and tips for improving your hand sawing.

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Hand Tools & Techniques Podcast
06 June

HTT005 – Kids in the Workshop

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Audio
  • Comments 0 comment

On today’s show, I discuss scraping chisels, drawer slips, bits for boring into end grain, starting the cut with a hand saw, and working with kids in the shop.

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SawToTheLine04
14 February

What is Sawing to the Line?

  • Posted by Bob Rozaieski
  • Categories Shop Tips, Videos
  • Comments 6 comments

In traditional woodworking we often use the phrase “saw to the line”. But what exactly does that mean?

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