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4 October 2017 at 7:13 pm #328484
Finished setting up my shop for handtools only. Got my PS workbench ready.
Now time to learn techniques on square sawing and squaring wood in general.
As my first test / learning is just started to crosscut some 1×2 pieces of wood. I made a knifewall on 2 sides and start sawing.
In my horizontal direction i keep square for about 99,5% but in my vertical direction i’m more of square.
Is it possible because the 1×2 si twisted/bow. Or is it just technique? (always go off in the same direction like this \ extremely exaggerated) Maybe because of my left hand i’m using. Tried it with tenon, dovetail and crosscut saw.
Just want to know if it’s possible to square cross cut (in 2 directions) if the wood is twisted. Today tested it with new received winding sticks and the wood is indeed twisted.
Tomorrow more time to squaring wood… but it’s hard and frustrating 🙂
4 October 2017 at 7:49 pm #328517Just watched this:
https://woodworkingmasterclasses.com/videos/preparing-stock-joinery/
– knife wall all across
– make shooting board ASAP 😃😃😃
4 October 2017 at 9:33 pm #328626Of all the explanations to this – saw more set on one side, cross dominant eye-hand, stock not correctly prepared, and so on; none applies to me: I simply deviate to the left along the vertical aspect. Marking the front face, in addition to the top, helps to mostly give an acceptable result. For critical cuts I am reconciled to rely on saw guides. Most peculiar, dovetails aren’t a bother.
So, if practice doesn’t help, there are still solutions to sawing straight and square (and dispense with the “knife-wall”)
/soj
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You must be logged in to view attached files.4 October 2017 at 11:00 pm #328698If the board is twisted or cupped to start with, I would just roughly cut the stock, then dimension it and flatten it with planes, then rip it and crosscut it to final dimension. My crosscut saw has A slight drift in the cut that I think is due to too much set in the saw teeth on one side. I just haven’t taken the time to fix it yet.
It’s probably technique. You can learn to follow your line no matter what the rest of the board is doing.
Focus on cutting one line at a time. So, once you have sawn square across the top and have just gotten as deep as the saw teeth, focus on sinking the heel of the saw along the vertical layout line that is facing you. Don’t let the far side get any deeper. Just focus on following the vertical line with the heel of the saw. Once you reach the bottom of the vertical line, you can let the far side get deeper and can come across the bottom of the work, too. So, just one line at a time….first you get square across the top, then you get square vertically, then you complete the cut. Point your index finger of your left hand along the blade rather than curling it in the handle. Relax your grip.
5 October 2017 at 7:09 am #328970Thanks seems like excellent tip to do 1 line at a time.
Seems soo very logical!
9 October 2017 at 8:16 pm #331370Busy on my PS shooting board.
For the 2 recess for 45 degree I have a 1-2 mm error. One being wider as the other. Failed in accuracy in the knifewalls.
Can this be fixed or start over?
9 October 2017 at 8:20 pm #331376So one is quite loose but workable, but the other one just to tight and will cause to brake the recess..
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