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Default Rip sawing photographic misadventures


"JD" wrote in message
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After looking at the picture
of dust being vaccuumed away I found I liked the way my European
style saw clears the dust away by itself without need of blowing or
brushing.


Difference between pushing the dust down versus cutting on the pull?

The more critical point though is that the tips of the teeth on your saw
appear very bright, indicating they're rounded. If a saw's teeth are too
blunt you will have trouble controlling the saw and getting a clean
cut. The saw's teeth should provide very little or no reflective surface
and if it does, its time to reach for a file.


They're longer than you're used to, and filed with a different philosophy.
Longer bevels.