How to Choose Hand Saws | Ask This Old House

[@toneighty]

Tommy is a national treasure.

[@jeffmansfield914]

If cutting a bolt or threaded rod, put a nut on it first, then make your cut, then remove the nut. As you back the nut back off of the bolt, it will straighten out the threads.

[@smurfman691]

Jeff Mansfield great tip!

[@Donclat]

Good call!

[@Mixwell1983]

Yup. If you dont do that you can also use an angle grinder on a the bolt.

[@Brian_yeah_that_brian_Strang]

Good to know thanks

[@NabeelValli]

Genius man !

[@stephanienesbitt2150]

Very helpful. Now I know what to look for in the stores. I’ve been using the wrong saws no wonder it makes the job so hard. Learned so much.

[@timtaylor1999]

At 3:31 you don't want to use the saw and cut towards you. Make sure you clamp down anything you are cutting and keep your hands away from the blade.

[@ArunBasilLal]

My heart was pumping when I saw him cut towards him. Would have been a great teachable moment, sadly missed.

[@darkinertia2]

were not elementary school kids anymore, the whole "dont cut towards yourself" was meant for kids that dont have control over their own body yet but if your competent, you have way more control. in that case there was almost no danger of him cutting himself, even though it was a really weird and awkward technique just for quick demonstration purposes but if you ever used a paring knife, thats nothing but cutting towards yourself lol

[@diannadearborn1117]

One point I seldom see mentioned about using saws is that the push and the pull strokes require different pressures on the blade. With a western saw, one leans into the push stroke, the productive stroke so that the teeth have a firm pressure against the cut. On the pull stroke, on the non-productive stroke the pressure is lessened so that the teeth ride back gently over the cut. Once mastered, this technique 1) helps keep saw teeth sharper longer by not rounding the tips, 2) helps keep the cut straighter, less "wonky", by reducing blade vibration and, ultimately, 3) reduces demand on sawyer's energy by making half the strokes less work. Faster, cleaner, easier.

[@DamonHawn]

I love hand sawrs.

[@techfive7202]

Great vid! Good thing about using a handsaw for drywall is that you can feel a restriction like a wire or pipe. Seen to many mistakes using sawsall

[@craigsooman7901]

A lesson from the master.

[@mr.wizeguy8995]

Most of those cuts can do with reciprocating saw using different blades for each task which is more convenient to buy one power tool and few blade instead loads of hand tools.

[@Zoro-kl4hv]

thank you mr. silva for sharing thoughts about saws.... ive learned alot.

[@TheRepublicOfJohn]

when cutting in an electrical box with a jab saw, just spin the tip of the jab saw in the corner to 'drill' a starting hole. you can bust up the wall hammering the saw through.

[@amsivertson]

John McIntyre that’s why my personal favourite tool for this is an oscillating saw. So easy to control the plunge depth.

[@JohnSmith-td7hd]

I had never seen the jab saw or those cut-flush saws before. Pretty clever tools.

[@stevena3333]

I came to learn about saws, instead, I left with a vast knowledge of sars.

[@Mixwell1983]

And all this time I used my pull saw as a spatula for flipping burgers.

[@jayyoutube8790]

Sesame Street for us adults.. Great show.. (Bert and Ernie this episode. The other big guy is Cookie Monster) 😂😂

[@seededsoul]

jon doe I am a grown man and am better than most men, but I don’t have these carpentry skills!

[@anNaSoR911]

You better not be talking about the beloved Richard Trethewey.

[@larrytrujillo8381]

Or Cook!

[@WoolyBuggerPicker]

Your index finger down the side of the handle helps to keep your shoulder/arm in line with your cut.

[@SunyJim]

Everybody seems to be raving about those Japanese style pull saws, I like how flexible they are. I'd be interested in knowing if Tommy uses hard point teeth or if he sharpens his saws?

[@dustman96]

They are sweet but have to treat them nice.

[@BobBlarneystone]

Japanese pullsaws are not resharpened because the these have a complex geometry and they are very hard; the blades are replaced. These days, I use the pullsaws almost exclusively - less effort and easier to follow a line.

[@showpro1178]

He was using an Irwin Japanese-style pull saw. On that particular model, the finer, cross-cut teeth are impulse-hardened, and because of that would be very difficult to sharpen. IIRC, the teeth on the other edge are for rip cuts, but are NOT impulse-hardened. Hope this helps.

[@marsh1998]

4:16 Kevin looking to lose a finger tip there

[@itsmenotyou5799]

it would be a good ideal when you saw to keep your hands clear from the blade, one slip and your not going to like what happens.

[@linascibelli7592]

Love Tom Silva, not only because he has my same last name but because he has so much knowledge on what I love, capentry😊

[@jkajje2945]

Nice to se a pro This guy knows what his talking about Keep the videos coming please

[@BobBlarneystone]

(except for mistakenly calling the Japanese pullsaw as a backsaw, which is a totally different saw)

[@RobertLeBlancPhoto]

I must be choosing wisely. Every saw I own easily cuts my hands.

[@jjlll2036]

Japanese hand saws are awesome

[@tchevrier]

that pull saw was cool

[@kalijasin]

Very clean and precise cut.

[@diverdave4056]

and most important is to not waste your money on a cheaply made saw ! I know its WRONG but I always install my hack saw blades backwards = it works great for me

[@des9619]

Thank you!

[@Ryanwolson12]

This is the most American KZbin channe ever

[@beepIL]

3:39 ugh the hand in front of the cutting blade with tension towards the resting hand on the plate... just a hand waiting to be cut... made me cringe

[@marlo3898]

I guess I wasn't the only one.

[@jeanducheamps7697]

Just the idiot host doong his thing...

[@tom3fitzgerald]

good guy kevin, he already knows this stuff but asks for our benefit

[@jamesflowers874]

What brand of adjustable hacksaw are you using? The first saw that you pullout ?

[@adamvelasquez3212]

What kind of oil is good to put on my handsaw blade so it can cut smoothly

[@syedjavedahmad9719]

thanks for the lesson.

[@Brandon_Jackson]

A sar is fun to use man!

[@zekenzy6486]

thank for your tip and trick

[@ozzy2753]

Wow, nice thanks for the tips

[@nackabags]

Everything I ever wanted to know about "sores"

[@Andrew-is7rs]

They should of discussed the 'left or right handed saw' first. Makes all the difference

[@ilyazpasha9395]

Pye tools very good & Tom also good

[@HawksDiesel]

Off subject question, is that HEF-CAT license plate a Missouri plate?

[@TheAngelsndskys2000]

Chris J looks like Mississippi

[@justinwoods240]

Is it me or anytime I do the shoulder to arm straightness trick or try to get a strait cut at all even on metal it’s always off but on a band saw eye ball it’s dead on 😂🤣

[@Orxenhorf]

That Japanese pull saw and a back saw are two completely different things.

[@Orxenhorf]

A back saw has a stiffening rib along the back of the saw blade. That is a Ryoba with teeth along both edges. A Dozuki would be a Japanese back saw (also cutting on the pull stroke).

[@BobBlarneystone]

I believe that Mr. Silva misspoke when he called the Japanese style saw a backsaw; it is as Orxenhorf said. By the way, I definitely prefer a pull saw with single cutting edge- there's much less chance of nicking a hand or finger.

[@kevinodonnell9116]

I'm afraid a far greater transgression has occurred. That saw doesn't have rough and fine cut sides, it has rip and crosscut. So... I am not sure how to feel. lol

[@5tonyvvvv]

Same thing, they cut on the pull... SO WHAT!!! The Japanese aren't from another planet of saw makers!

[@rkitano]

Why do many cross cut and rip handsaws have a hole in the end of the blade?

[@thorp.n8998]

I always figured it was for hanging the saw off a screw or nail in the shop

[@showpro1178]

Probably to allow the user to hang the saw on a nail when finished cutting.

[@JoseLainez]

sauuur

[@PartScavenger]

The Dewalt Jamb saw and the Stanley Mitre Saw they show are total crap. I've owned both. I don't like using my vintage tools out on jobs, does anybody know where we can get new saws that are as good as my old ones?

[@seededsoul]

PartScavenger Lowes....lol jk. Sciplus.com has some old-school goodies, might find it there.

[@mikeratkowski3506]

Lee valley tool

[@storrance]

Also be sure to never clamp anything down while you're sawing.

[@bblack340]

Scott Torrance uuuuuhhh.. no you can definitely clamp things down when sawing

[@sophiechristie1801]

B Black he was joking 😂

[@kinedwin5290]

A hand saw is convenient for people living, It sawed quickly anything in half.

[@TheMetalBison]

What's wrong with Kevin? He looks like "I'm sick of this shit"

[@mardakworkshop4450]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@gdubbbbb]

MAJEED MARDAK ili0

[@nytom4info]

A two stroke Armstrong? :)

[@Engineer9736]

3:30 Really.. those men are so old and still don't see the danger in what they are doing there.

[@krn14242]

OMG, he might have cut his finger clean off. ooooo...darn safety police.

[@krn14242]

OMG, he might have cut his finger clean off. ooooo...darn safety police.

[@saulgoodman2018]

He should have turned it around.

[@brianmoore581]

Those men are so old and still have all their fingers. I think they can handle it.

[@buzzarabs9383]

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[@FikiFirmansyah]

1:37 upsie

[@kalijasin]

Hand saws are great but you'd never use them remodel a whole house unless you want to spend years remodeling.

[@losttribe3001]

I worked with a guy who cut anything with just his halitosis breath.

[@merrydorean9488]

losttribe300

[@jordangoggin1320]

losttribe3001 haha! killing me over here

[@jobaecker9752]

Out in the sun recently? ;)

[@anstef1485]

What? no mention of ripping saws or cross-cutting saws?

[@aleksamaker8118]

here in Serbia we cut drywall with a knife

[@buzzarabs9383]

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[@kalijasin]

You outdated. Get a drywall router.

[@savingthefarm7698]

Why wouldn't a plumber use a pipe cutter?

[@0351nick-ch8ee]

A little weak on the hand saw comparisons...rip and crosscut teeth are totally different.

[@xclimatexcoldxx]

I saw those fingers.

[@MikeJones__Who]

Sawr

[@johnnykurplutzo8347]

Slap saw

[@ecjraj]

Hack sar.

[@syedjavedahmad9719]

lesson learned. the young man looks good, but chubby now.

[@TechieTrevor]

sawr

[@webberfan1234]

This the kinda guy that when he talks, you shut up!

[@Soxruleyanksdrool]

I "SAW" what they did there. yuk yuk

[@earlrussell1026]

You must love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. You must love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus the anointed is Lord! Repent and be baptized and believe the Gospel.

[@samuelt2072]

Japanese pull saws... ... the only way to go. Hacksaw: torture instrument.

[@derpamongrimpar9944]

Why would u use a hacksaw for wood, they're meant for metal.

[@toadamine]

Lots of wrong, but he sounds sure of himself. 😂