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I couldn’t saw straight at all when I began. Now it’s… still not perfect, but much much better ! Practice helps a lot so you can get a sense on how your body and the saw interact to make the cut. Physically marking the saw line with either a marking knife or a marking gauge on all faces helps guide the saw as it advances. And for cross-cut, slightly deepening the knife wall with a chisel has worked wonders for me.
One thing that greatly helped me is to lay the piece to be sawed horizontally. I used to set the piece in the vise and saw it from top to bottom but I found it really difficult. By laying the piece down I can position my saw to be more horizontal, that way I can cut a sort of groove on my line before tilting the toe of the saw, for a more aggressive cut. It is also easier to keep an eye on the line and to correct the direction of the cut should it wander.Another thing : have you tried to cross-cut with another saw ? For smaller pieces I don’t like to use the panel saw so much, I prefer my more rigid tenon saw.
Hey Gunny, that’s pretty cool. And for just recently getting into the hobby, those are more than just beginner joints. I love those tusk tenons and I’ve wanted to try that on a project – just not sure yet what that project will be.
I thought I saw two different tenon ends poking through the top in the first photo. Then the second photo confirmed it. It’s one single board for the leg, right? Why the two sections of tenon?
You’re right in your observations : the leg is just a single board and there are two tenons. The reason for that is that in the space between the two was a dowel hole. It wouldn’t have been very nice to leave it, so I just cut out that section, hence the exclamation mark-shaped tenons.
I’ve always loved tusk tenons, I think they’re a good and fun way to assemble furniture tightly without using glue and while being able to just knock it down if necessary (which, having moved out a lot these last years, I find quite useful).
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