How To Use a Saw (The Correct Method)
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- In this video, you'll learn the principles and the fundamentals for clean, accurate sawing. Whether you're using a dovetail saw, a carcass saw, a tenon saw or a panel saw, you'll find something useful here.
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00:00 Intro
00:43 Positioning
01:13 Arm and Wrist Alignment
02:17 Line of Sight
02:59 Gripping the Handle
03:36 Grip Strength
04:29 Using Your Thumb
05:46 Using The Reflection
06:14 Using a Saw
06:43 Push. Don't Pull
08:33 Cutting Square
09:52 Cutting Plumb
10:23 Long Strokes
11:10 Challenge
11:57 Outro
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That trick of only needing one's middle finger to use a handsaw will be such a comfort to owners of table saws!
Ohhhh.
LMAO! man that's great!
Haha, but not if they’ve reduced it to a stump!
@@Esrom_music 😊😊👍
There is one woodworking channel called 'Stumpy Nubs'...
It amazes me how well you explain this. Here was I thinking; it’s just sawing. Wrong again. Thank you!
Just getting into traditional wood working and I am glad I found this channel. You’re a great teacher. Never let anyone knock your teaching skills due to your age, my friend. I am 53 and I can already see you are wise in the ways of wood far beyond many twice your age. Rock on, brother.👍🏻
That is hands down the best advice I have ever got in hand saws. I can’t wait to try those principles because I suck at sawing. Thanks to you my sharping skills my chisel skills and planning skills have improved so much.I love your Tutorials I get so much knowledge from your channel.So thanks so much for sharing and it’s awesome to see you back.
I've been hand tool woodworking for nearly a decade and I learned a TON from this and the chisel video. 10/10, Matt.
I'm loving your recent videos on handtool techniques. You really are a wealth of knowledge, thanks for sharing and keep it up!
Love how freely you recommend other CZcamsrs instead of just copying their content.
I've learnt more in this one video than countless others. As a complete novice but old in years I feel so much more confident now in not making an utter hash out of my next attempt.
Many thanks and I find your instructional technique really easy to grasp first time.
Tomorrow is my birthday, i feel like this was a gift
It was just for you, George. Happy Birthday!
@@MattEstlea thank you so much!!!
I saw like I play snooker. Everything in line, strong stance, eyes on the cut, long strokes, always pot the white ball and win the wooden spoon!
Videos like this are really helpful because I need to get back to basics. My knowledge has increased hugely in the last few years, but my sawing is absolutely garbage!
Hello
Your techniques and spot on. Outstanding job demystifying the art of sawing correctly.
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I believe I have cut a straight line once - Speaking only for myself, cutting a straight line is on par with catching a unicorn. THANK YOU for these pointers, I am going to practice these.
I have spent weeks practicing my saw skills as a new woodworker. I was always slightly off making alot of the mistakes you mentioned. First cut after this video was beautifully square with no need for shooting. Thank you for all you skill videos. I have learned more from your videos than weeks of practice.
Great video on a deceptively simple question. Matt, you've got a wonderful refreshing attitude for youtube - the perfect antidote to all those click baity list / tips videos.
long strokes! thanks you! When I was a kid, every teacher (including my dad) said 'let the saw do the work and use every tooth'. It's amazing how many people on CZcams scrub away at a cut using 3 inches in the middle of their saw.
I watched all your old tutorials and thought they were pretty good. Then at some point you said you wanted to re-record them for a whole bunch of reasons.
You’ve done a good job doing that. Well done!
Think I left this comment on another one of your videos. From an old Hollywood movie about Cyrano De Bergerac, famous swordsman, after disarming a student, "Hold the sword as you would a bird. Too tight and you kill it. Too loose and it flies away." The killer grip makes your hand rotate inwards.
Loving these videos! Keep it up Matt!
Excellent video, excellent series.
Really love the new videos
thanks, great lesson
Best tutorials on CZcams! Thank you for all these informations, Matt!
wow, very impressive on that challenge at the end. Great job. This video is an upgraded version of your previous video on sawing. More conceptual. Both very, very helpful. Thank you!!
Get the basics down! Love it Matt!
Thank you 🌱
Loving your new videos. These are great. Please keep it up and a BIG THANK YOU for creating these.
Great video!
Thanks for the valuable information
Excellent video as ever Matt,
Fantastic video! Thanks so much for sharing!
Great video. I really dig your teaching style. Keep the content flowing.
Good video Matt. Thank you for inspiring the next generation of woodworkers.
I could watch this every day. Very good video. It has a cool mood. Thanks!
Cheers Matt very good detailed videos you are doing
That's a really nice series!
Another great instructional video
Great video. Two thumbs up for Matt!
Very groog tutorial. thanks from Texas USA
That’s how they train people to drill at Boeing. Having your index finger strait out using the middle finger to control the trigger and the bottom two gripping the grip. not only does it line you up, so you drill straight holes, it cuts down your risk of getting carpal tunnel. The middle ring and pinky are your “power grip” fingers. They are in a strait line if your holding a “pistol grip” saw, drill etc. You don’t have to tweak your wrist to accommodate your index or thumb. It’s weird to learn but once you do it really makes a difference especially if your drilling steal or titanium. So I can totally see using this discipline while using a saw. Your teaching is spot on.
Another excellent presentation! Thank you Matt. 😃
I'm so glad I found this video to up my hand "soaring" game. Time to pull out the "soars" and practice a bit
These videos on hand tools are exactly the thing I’m going to play to my friends. They know nothing about crafting in general and these are the best think to play to beginner as them. Thank you and keep going.
Matt,
Thank you for all the effort you out into these videos. You're wealth of knowledge, and willingness to share it, is certainly welcome. I don't get to do projects nearly as much as I would like, but I still enjoy watching everything you put out in hopes of putting it to practice someday. Keep it up sir, you are certainly appreciated by many!
Clean, Clear and Concise.
Thank you for your skill, time, and clarity of presentation. This was a very informative video.
I'm loving this new basic skill series, it acts like a reminder of the old ones and seems more structured and though out. Great job ;-)
Great video, great tips. Thanks for sharing.
So happy to see you posting regularly! Would you consider showing us how you would recommend Lapping/Flattening a used/new hand plane that is out of flat? Theirs a bunch of videos out but I like learning from everybody and all the videos are pretty old online and not too descriptive! The way you explain and demonstrate tasks makes it so easy to watch and even more easy to attempt and complete! Plus your editing is mad!! Thanks for being willing to spread your knowledge with us. Another video idea.. best woodworking vises for someone who doesn’t have the funds to spend $275.00-$400.00 USD
Hello friend
I always enter these videos thinking 'pfshh yeah dude I already know' and I always end up learning something valuable. I'm not sure if that tells you more about me than it does about you, but thank you regardless.
Thanks for your detailed video, Matt. Lovely communication, and also I like your sense of humor.
Great series you have on skills. Thanks and will be waiting for next one.
Brilliant!
Great video thank you
Really fantastic tips, Matt! Thanks a bunch! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
very clear and looks like i can do this with practice
Thanks for this excellent presentation.
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Thank u for the thumb step I've always had problems getting hand saws started and staying on the line. I'm about to try now and finish your video later. much appreciated Matt!
Kick ass content! Your vids are awesome and solid.
I recently purchased some Bahco saw files. I'm still a little chicken to take them to my saws. How about a saw sharpening video? When to do it, how to do it, etc.
This content is very very useful, things that really matter. The filming editing and copy,just WOW
I am very grateful for the countless chairs we did in middle school for learning everything explained in this video. It drives me crazy when I see people sawing by using three teeth at most.
Loving the vids. Thank you Matt. Such great production quality and clear explanations. And even more advice in the comments in retaliation to trolls! Great work! 👏👏
It is so good to have you back in full power, Sir Matt. Giving basic information how to do this gorgeous craft properly is priceless. I watched all your lessons, all your videos, everything you chose to teach. I live in a country where crafts were destroyed by thinking that all craftsmen are considered "class enemies" and much later by IKEA PR ;) Being able to make my own furniture and enjoying doing it is my delight. Thank you. You made my life much nicer. Matouš (from the Narex country)
Thanks for giving us a look at the new SawOS 22 update! Looks like quite a bit has changed from last year
Jokes aside though, best woodworking videos on the interwebs. Thank you!
hey Matt. I used these tips u gave us and my sawing technique has improved so much. I've actually begun to use the hand saws to do more cuts now, cross cuts especially, and the truth is I haven't really used my table saw recently since beginning using hand tools. I'm enjoying using the hand planes after watching this video and the sharpening video is great too.
Just want to say thanks for taking the time out to make these very informative video tutorials. I'm sure they're helping so many ppl like myself who are very new to the hand tools market.
I dont watch your videos but I like the beginnings and I watch each. I hope you are super super successful mate xxx
This is fantastic! I love this series. I've tried to teach people how to saw and chisel, but have trouble articulating how to do it.
Hii friend
Good tips. High quality saws have more weight and make cutting plum easier. Worth the investment.
Using what you said I can now cut straight 💯 👌
A recent surge in subscribers is well deserved off the back of your latest vids Matt! Let’s get ready for the 300k party/giveaway! Lol
Thanks for your Videos. This videos help me to understand how I should do things and motivate me to try or copy your advise as good as I can. I call it learning by doing. In my case your advise is always wellcome. THanks
Matt well explained as always 👍
bro this video is online like.. 1 minute? how do you know
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Cool!
Couldn't have come at a better time, many thanks Matt. I have my second week of a carpentry course next week, this information provided was vital.
Get some practice in!!
@@MattEstlea Will do! Thanks.
Great tips…. And the most important tip imho… a sharp saw … make sure your saw is in good condition and sharp
As always, great video, to the point and without fluff! It would be super cool if you could make a video about saw sharpening as well. This is something that I've never gotten quite right, and thus, I have a bunch of saws that don't really cut as well as they should 😣
Hi Matt, good job on the short introduction, liked the latest chisel video as well.
If I may add a few comments:
1) once the straight kerf is established dropping down the saw to focus on the front line first can help with accuracy, then flipping the piece as opposed to trying to cut front and back at the same time
2) the off hand thumb or index finger can aid with starting the cut lighter by providing friction and allowing the main hand to basically counter gravity ("lift the saw") while still guiding the saw; this can also help with starting the cut
3) the pull to start the cut issue ought to be different for cross cuts as you won't get divots(?) from the chisel edge teeth
4) my broken teethed Japanese saw would like to argue with them being more beginner friendly ;-)
Cheers, David
Incredible thumbnail mate! The video is great too
I s]am loving this series of how to videos! I'm starting to get more in to hand tools more and more! excepg for dimensioning anyway lol. Great video as always!
Hiii friend
Great videos, thank you! I would be really keen to learn more about efficient workflows in handtool woodworking, since even my small projects require a LOT of time (and they are not that fancy). Would you consider to put out a video on that subject?
The first video ever that shows clearly the usefulness of the reflection and how you can rely on it, also most importantly, using a long stroke to establish or continue a cut is highly advised. Accuracy and care are essential, Thank you Matt for backing up everything I’ve learned from Paul Sellers, we can take what you say to our benefit.
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Wishing you all the best in your passion, love from the usa
Well Paul Sellers also showed the reflection thing years ago, so it's not the first video. But great explanation nontheless.
Good video. Been following these principles for over 50 years and tried to explain it to friends and relatives. I've found one problem - some people have a stronger eye on opposite side from their stronger hand, eg left eye but right hand, so they struggle not to tip over so unbalanced with cascading effects on how the saw flows. This takes quite a lot of neuro-muscular sight practice for them to get a good stance, balance, arm action
The key to starting a saw on the forward stroke, is the bottom horn on the handle. We use the underside of our hand pressing into the horn to lighten the toe of the saw, making it easier to start. Good practice for this (on scrap) is to "hover" the saw over your line as we move it forward and back, only letting the teeth "tickle" the wood and not cut into it properly. Small back saws are easy enough to start, its when ya get to big 5 point rip handsaws where problems starting can happen, and the sharper a saw is the more it will want to "bite" and not start. I would say using a courser pitched saw to practice starting is better; something around 10 points or less (tenon saw or panel/handsaw) If we can start a saw with big teeth, then we can start ANY saw :)
The handle shape is a very important aspect of any saw, its where the tool meets you...... if its not shaped right or doesnt fit your hand; then problems arise either because we are gripping too hard to keep our hand in the right position on the grip, or the bottom horn is badly shaped and we cannot lighten the toe easily. This wont be a problem with a high end saw like a Bad Axe, but mass produced saws are made as "one size fits all"....... which is impossible. And some handles resemble a block of wood more than a saw handle. Making a saw handle is a brilliant project; I make new handles for every saw I buy. Its fairly easy and we only need simple tools, make a rough one from pine or somethin first so you can figure out what size the grip section of the handle needs to be to fit your hand. Open your palm, where your fingers meet the palm of your hand; measure across these knuckles...... this will be "roughly" how tall the BACK of your handle needs to be. Make it a tiny bit smaller so you still have material to open it up more, same goes for the bow of the handle........ we can always take away, but its hard to add it back on.
THE most vital tip Matt gives here is using the whole saw........ all the other techniques will start to falter by not following this simple tip; and plus youre wearing out the teeth in only a small spot and itll need a lick of a file sooner (I do reckon your saw needs a lick tho Matt :P
Very good sawing tips here, Matt is a good teacher :)
I always start cutting by pulling!!! And for the life of me I mager had a straight cut by hand. Need to try these techniques.
Yesssss!
Could have used this before pulling a Japanese hand saw's upper blade (cross cut) about an inch into my hand a couple days ago!
That looking over the blade to ensure it goes down straight is definitely valid ….. for me …. On a chainsaw. Army engineering exercise, tired as only the Army can make you, cutting 6x6 and 8x8 beams for a bunker. Couldn’t cut straight to save myself until I positioned over the cut, and let gravity guide the cut.
Hi Matt I thought you was a southpaw or are you ambidextorous?
Quality content and explanations. Thank you you are a true master of the trade
I love your channel and I'm learning so much from it! I have a question, though, I live in a small apartment and so I've gotten into wood sculpting and carving as opposed to proper carpentry. I would like to steadily increase the size of the projects I can work on, but I'm not really sure how to grow that while in a small space. I won't be building a table anytime soon, but how would you recommend growing from one practice to another?
I'm going to need more substantial tools eventually, but doing woodwork with simple flexcut tools is still very satisfying. I was just curious about what you might would recommend here - how to evolve from sculpting mentality to carpenter's mentality; and maybe a couple of tools that might bridge the gap? Thank you for your videos!
Would really be interesting for you to do an updated video on making a nice dovetailed box with budget kit. Looking at the dovetail saw, they look nice but I can't, sadly, afford £60 or £200+ for one. However, Screwfix do one for £26 so would be interesting seeing if its possible to do fine work with these cheap tools when starting out. In the hope of one day being able to afford the more expensive tools.
Would love to see tips on resawing big boards to thickness. I end up with some big issues using my lil gyokucho
Got a video planned on that! I’d recommend getting a Ryoba saw :)
Once again Well Done Mat! Simple processes brought into focus and allowed become natural through practice. @¿@ on you high count cuts...got to try that one. Thanks much! 12 thumbs up!
Hey Matt, I'm a teacher in a Belgian school and I have students aged 13-16 and I wanted to ask if it's ok for me to use your videos to show students how to use the tools properly?
When is the extremely tedious saw sharpening video coming? Such a pain!
I can say I "saw" it here first :D
I never saw this coming..
I love watching your videos but I have a question on so incorrectly I have a bad back and I'm not able to stand for long periods of time is it possible to solve straight setting down
im going to use this at school lol
Should you cut to the line or fractionally to the left or right?
I find when I make the cut of a dovetail with my Japanese saw, I look at the tenon and it looks slightly bumpy and ridged. When I do cut and then stop to see if Im still on the line that's when I feel that the blade shifts ever so slightly and I see this tiny litte ridge on the tenon. What would you recommend? Should I still be applying slight pressure to the blade when looking to see if Im still on the line?
When I cut a straight line I don't see these ridges as often but when making angled cuts I do. Thanks for the helpful video Matt