Earlier thread asked about most often used tolls (stationary, as it
happens).

Different question. What tool do you just like to use? Be it a kick,
or a zen experience, it's the one you just look for an excuse to
grab.

My coping saw. It doesn't get used much, but I LOVE the feel of it in
my hand when I need to cope something.

Why? Because it's the first tool I ever bought; I picked it up at a
garage sale when I was about 10 or thereabouts.

Is that the only reason? I've had a coping saw since I was about that
age and I hate it. Sometimes it's the only tool for the job, but for
some reason I can never get mine to work well. The blades always seem
to bend; I can't even make a flat cut in 1/2" thick pine, it seems.


Greetings.....I am not trying to be critical...since I myself was guilty
of this for a long time...I had the teeth of the saw pointing the wrong
way....like it was trying to cut on the push stroke...similarto to a
hacksaw...when I read that coping saws cut on the pull stroke...I said to
myself...no wonder it don't cut right...

Honestly, I don't know. I just went down to the shop to check. The fret
saw had the teeth pointed for a pull cut, but the coping saw was in the
toolbox "unloaded". I'll certainly keep it in mind the next time I use it,
though. Thanks for the reminder.

- Owen -