Which do you all prefer-Handsaw or Electric Saw. And what advantages do each pose over the other??
…or circular saw. nice, clean square cuts.
…or circular saw. nice, clean square cuts. …Electric, Keep messing up with the hand saw. Have found some blanks almost to thick for my jig saw.
Which do you all prefer-Handsaw or Electric Saw. And what advantages do > each pose over the other?? I prefer a handsaw although I used a jig saw for quit a while. When cutting with a handsaw JC, in Shaping 101 recommends to hold the saw staight up and down. I make sure I start sawing perpendicular to the bottom flat of the board, but I don’t saw up and down. I actually keep the saw blade at 30-40 degree angle. I bend the saw blade to conform to the curve in the planeshape I am cutting out. That is personally what works for me. I stopped using the jig saw because my cut wavered and even though the blade and base were at 90 degrees, the blade would bend and the cut was not staight or at 90–leaving me to clean up the whole rail cut. You can find blades plenty long enough, but they are not wide or stiff enough.
When cutting with a handsaw JC, in Shaping 101 recommends to hold the saw > staight up and down. I make sure I start sawing perpendicular to the > bottom flat of the board, but I don’t saw up and down. I actually keep the > saw blade at 30-40 degree angle. I bend the saw blade to conform to the > curve in the planeshape I am cutting out. That is personally what works > for me.>>> I stopped using the jig saw because my cut wavered and even though the > blade and base were at 90 degrees, the blade would bend and the cut was > not staight or at 90–leaving me to clean up the whole rail cut. You can > find blades plenty long enough, but they are not wide or stiff enough. I agree, you just don’t have control with a jig saw, simply use a large handsaw for making a nice flowing curve. I also use to melt the outlines, using a hot violin string on a car batterie, this is also a nice way to shape styrofoam or EPS blanks to the right thicknes and rockerline. Good luck. Peter Rijk