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My old boss said my cuts looked like a beaver chewed them, so I changed how I hold my saw
I was helping frame a garage in Boise three winters back, and every board I cut had splinters hanging off the end. The lead carpenter pulled me aside and said, "Your cuts look like a beaver chewed them." I thought I was holding the saw fine, but he showed me I was rushing the last inch of the cut and letting the blade wander. He had me slow down and keep both hands on the saw until the blade stopped. Next day I cut 60 studs and only had to sand two ends instead of twenty. Now I check every cut with my thumb before it goes up. Anyone else have a boss who fixed a bad habit with one sentence?
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the_tara8d ago
Man, that thing about slowing down at the end of a cut hits home. I took a woodshop class in high school and the teacher was this old guy named Mr. Pruitt who wore the same Cardinals cap every single day. He caught me racing through a crosscut on a piece of walnut and just stood there shaking his head, then walked off without a word. Next class he taped a penny to my saw handle and said if I rushed, the penny would fall off. Sounds dumb but I still think about that penny like twenty years later. Funny how one little trick from somebody sticks with you way longer than the actual lesson.
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