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Simple guide for straight handsaw cuts
A simple clamping aid guarantees straight cuts.
This simple trick was a game-changer for me. When I hand-cut joinery like tenons and lap joints, my sawing isn’t always consistent. To get square, accurate cuts every time, I clamp a piece of straight hardwood to the back side of the workpiece, lining it up with my layout lines. Then the workpiece gets clamped in the vise. As I make the cut I keep my ryoba saw pressed flat against the guide.
—STEVE HARRIS, Amherst, Mass.
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