"Hoyt Weathers" wrote in message
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RichardS wrote:

"Hoyt Weathers" wrote in message
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Mitch Berkson wrote:

Hoyt Weathers wrote:

Have you ever tried turning the board over, mark it, and then cut
it?
Or am I missing something?

Presumably sawdust covers the line if it is on top since the saw
cuts on
the
pull stroke.

Mitch Berkson

The simple solution to that is just intermittently blow away the dust
and
keep on
sawing. I do that all the time on most cuts with a Jap pull saw. It
doesn't take a
rocket scientist to cut a board with a pull saw.


true. I am specifically talking about the technique for ripping a
board
here, and my puzzlement as to why I appear to be experiencing such
difficulty.

--
Richard Sampson

email me at
richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk

A light bulb just turned on. Perchance, are you sitting in the Japanese
position
BELOW the board when you try to cut it? [ I would never do that because
saw dust
would get all over me. ] If so, why isn't the cut line also facing you on
that side
of the board? If it is, then what is the problem in following the cut
line?

No, I was trying to work from above the board, but then this might be the
beginning of my error in trying to use a japanese traditional tool in a
western manner. Hopefully my other post might explain the progression of
my experimentation a little more clearly..

If the cut line is on TOP of the board and you are sawing from BELOW the
board, then
I agree with you that the cut could be off the marked cut line.

Cut line is wherever I can see it! :-)

Then my question becomes: Is there a particular reason why you wish to cut
that way?
To each his own I suppose.

Perhaps I am still not getting your point.

hopefully the other post I've just sent might explain a little more clearly.


thanks for your patience so far, btw!

--
Richard Sampson

email me at
richard at olifant d-ot co do-t uk