90.Four Tips for Better Sawing

[@SaintFredrocks]

I kept going off a little on my cuts, and I could not figure out what I was doing wrong. Your video showed me I wasn't looking down on the blade so as to see both sides. This fixed EVERYTHING. Thanks, and you got a sub.

[@gjbmunc]

Glad I could help!

[@johnford7847]

Great advice, Graham! Thank you for sharing.

[@gjbmunc]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JimCatalano]

Another great video - thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@gjbmunc]

Very welcome!

[@katherineschelp520]

When my father was teaching me to use a saw he always said let the saw do the work. Now after all these years I completely understand his statement. Thank you.

[@gjbmunc]

You're welcome!

[@PeanutsDadForever]

As, always, very helpful. Thank you!

[@gjbmunc]

My pleasure!

[@gunterbecker8528]

Nice to keep those old ways alive!

[@gjbmunc]

Often better than the 'new' ways

[@MCsCreations]

Thanks for the lesson, Graham! 😃 Once and old woodworker here from Brazil told me that those saws are made to hold with 3 fingers because most woodworkers would lose the other finger. 😬 But I bet he was just messing with me! 😂 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@SaintFredrocks]

I have heard that it is harder to rotate your wrist if you are pointing, so I guess it is supposed to keep your wrist true.

[@Gazname]

I dont personally find that the wrist movement is affected by extending the index finger. It works for me because if i dont extend the finger it just feels like im holding a tube that can rotate pretty freely in my grip. Extending the index finger stops it doing that, like a reference point to keep the saw straight

[@gjbmunc]

Thanks, you too!

[@Frebarros]

Thank you, Mr. It's good to have people like you, sharing experience and knowledge. Thank you very much.

[@gjbmunc]

You are very welcome

[@ChristopherRNeumann]

This was very useful, thank you. I've seen others saw tenons by tilting the piece in the vice, but haven't seen anyone do it for dovetails.

[@gjbmunc]

There you go!

[@rayanderson1870]

The thing that was drummed into our brains in woodwork class at school was the 3-1-1 grip. Once learned - never forgotten.

[@gjbmunc]

Right!

[@ImOnAJourney]

As with most things in life, patience is critical if you want keep your blood pressure down‼️ Another trick I learned from Dad: Look at the reflection in the blade - if it’s straight, you’re cutting your piece straight. As always, thanks Graham!

[@gjbmunc]

Good tip.

[@skippylippy547]

Thank you Mr. Blackburn. I learned so much in this video. Much appreciated.

[@gjbmunc]

Very welcome!

[@pinkiewerewolf]

Another excellent video sir!

[@gjbmunc]

Glad you liked it!

[@NeilBates-k3t]

Although I was a sheet metalworker Now retired I like to work with wood your advice is is so simple and clear thank you

[@gjbmunc]

You're welcome

[@frankhill9527]

Good information. I still struggle at times to saw to a line.

[@gjbmunc]

Practice makes perfect.

[@philipselman2564]

Great there friend super good = your vids have so much information to teach every one if you just listen and pay attention =thank you on an art that is slowly going to be forgotten

[@gjbmunc]

Thanks!

[@ThéoLRDS]

i'm confused. It's kinda intuitive and simple, and i'm pretty much already doing it without ever been told to do so. But... thinking about it.... sometimes i dont make sure that i see my cuts. Sometimes i put the wood in any angle and cut it at any angle without thinking. And, just the fact to verbalise it, to make it a rule..... a conscient rule... it is no longer intuitive. It become science. And even i didnt realy needed theses advices.... i still feel i learned something. It was pure intuition, now it is a known rule. So... thank you Graham.

[@gjbmunc]

You're welcome!

[@vicvancini140]

Really helpful, many thanks!

[@gjbmunc]

Glad it was helpful!

[@lvttvn9365]

Thanks for your woodworking very useful lessons. Please make a vídeo for four side dovetail You show.

[@gjbmunc]

Coming soon.

[@charlier7711]

Amazing, thanks for sharing the finer points of handwork!

[@gjbmunc]

You're welcome.

[@frewschmidt5656]

Love this videos! Would be really interested in a set of tips for using a turning saw, as I feel a lot of my muscle memory doesn't work for those.

[@gjbmunc]

Great suggestion!

[@timviering9559]

You are a wonderful educator.

[@gjbmunc]

Thank you!

[@BarryinFredonia]

Very helpful thank you.

[@gjbmunc]

Glad it was helpful!

[@harrying882]

It relaxes me no end

[@gjbmunc]

Great!

[@davorinrusevljan6440]

Very clear and useful explanation. Thank you.

[@gjbmunc]

Very welcome!

[@petervandermolen4089]

great practical tips Graham, much appreciated

[@gjbmunc]

Very welcome!

[@jaykaknes1133]

And I thought Stumpy Nubs had all the antique planes❤

[@gjbmunc]

Not by a long shot.

[@BakerVS]

I wonder about the tip of keeping things vertical. For dovetails that means repositioning the work piece for the other angle, and if it's a big piece, one end will be much higher above the bench than the other. Is it worth just learning to see at an angle (lock the body onto that angle, and do all the cuts, then lock onto the other angle for the rest)? In any case, thanks again, your a treasure of knowledge. I'm also glad to see I'm not the only one saying "saw-ring" :-). My mum who went to a London university always corrects me when I add that "r".

[@gjbmunc]

How about securing larger pieces to the bench below the vise?

[@thomashverring9484]

Excellent video, Graham. Thank you! Someone else who have helped me immensely is Shannon Rogers. He is the king of sawing :^)

[@gjbmunc]

Fantastic!

[@AlbertUit1969]

Graham, have you used routerplanes to cut tenon cheeks?

[@gjbmunc]

Yep.

[@AlbertUit1969]

@@gjbmunc Is that what they are really for? Making parallel surfaces?

[@thomashverring9484]

@@AlbertUit1969 In a way, yes. They are meant to make a bottom flat and are therefore excellent at making parallel surfaces because they transfer the surface they glide on/are supported on.

[@peterapps1514]

If you are right handed and left-eye dominant like me, it is your dominant eye that has to be over the saw.

[@pamelah6431]

Good reminder!

[@gjbmunc]

Good reminder!

[@GreggGermain-lk8if]

If your eye is centered over the back of the saw, how can you see the lines below? I must be misunderstanding. Thanks

[@gjbmunc]

Beacause ideally you are sawing to the SIDe of the line.

[@GreggGermain-lk8if]

@@gjbmunc I can see that with a panel saw. Not sure how that works with a back saw.