Wow! 5 minutes?? Darn.. I must be doing something wrong then..

I mean, I thought that I knew how to use a hand saw, and the cutted
piece was square and good, with an acceptable clean cut. But it
definitely took me more than 5 minutes... Are we talking about the same
dimensions? I was working with a piece of 3" x 8" x 7 feets long.. and
the cut was over the 7 feets, to get a 3" x 3" x 7 feet.

The hand saw was brand new, Crosscut, 8 points.. It's such a big
difference with a rip saw, maybe 5 points?

I end up really sweat, and had to make 4 or 5 pauses to get some air!

Thanks!
Mariano


George E. Cawthon ha escrito:

boorite wrote:
nautilus wrote:
A few days ago I bought some cedar from a lumber yard, to finish a
project in which I'm working ok. The stock measures 3 inch of
thickness, 9 inch width, and about 2 meters long. I've two pieces of
this size.. and I need to get some 3x3x2meters "sticks"..
(snip)... so I'm thinking in using a good hand saw (which I
would need to buy).

If I made a cut like that with a hand saw, it would look like
vandalism.

The cheesiest skilsaw I've ever owned could do a long rip better than I
could with any hand saw. I love hand saws for small work though.


You an me both, but I can use a handsaw fairly
well. My dad was a carpenter (also a teacher and
a chemist) and he could saw a straight line, keep
the saw perfectly vertical, and do it quickly.
Never saw (no pun intended) him bend a handsaw
blade even a little. It takes practice to
maintain a stance where you arm is going up and
down without any sideways movement.

The OP needs to get a good rip saw (?8 tooth?).
Just as information, my dad would have ripped that
piece of wood from end to end in about 5 minutes
(assuming western red cedar) and the piece ripped
off would have been square.