"Teamcasa" wrote in message
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The hardest part of teaching people to use the saw is keeping people from
holding the fall-off piece.


Having never used a worm drive with left blade arrangement or any left hand
saw, with which hand do you hold the keeper end of a board when holding the
saw with your right hand? Seems to me it would be the left hand but that
hand would have to be on the opposite side of the saw if done correctly.
Otherwise you have to rest the saw on the scrap fall away side and that is
not a safe scenario?

The fact that you mention the hardest part is teach the people to not hold
the fall off piece seems to indicate that the setup for the cut is wrong to
start with. If you hold the left hand saw with your left hand this pretty
much becomes a moot point. Same goes with the right blade for right
handers. If the blade is not situated between your two hands, you are as
tempted to grab that waste piece as it falls away.

Taking line of site out of the equation, it makes more sense to me for
safety reasons to use the left in your left hand and your right in your
right hand.