Rip saws, now I know how dangerous they can be
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Last night I was doing some DIY at home. I had decided to replace some beading around my kitchen and dining room floor. After removing the old stuff I decided to cut it into smaller lengths in order to bag it in order to dispose of it easier. Everything was going fine until the saw jammed and buckled. It then sprung out sideways across my thumb, easily slicing 5 cuts (each a saw tooth apart) right to the bone. :(( I quickly wrapped kitchen towel around my thumb and taped it up. On reflection I could have easily lost my thumb. I am convinced that on a down stroke even bone would not have stopped it. Is it my imagination or have rip saws become sharper in recent years? Ant. I'm hard, yet soft.
I'm coloured, yet clear.
I'm fruity and sweet.
I'm jelly, what am I? Muse on it further, I shall return! - David Walliams (Little Britain)That's an advantage of Japanese pattern saws (see here[^]) - you cut on the pull-stroke, not the push-stroke, so the blade isn't going to buckle, which also allows the blade to be thinner. My Dad (who's a big wood worker) swears by them. Stuart Dootson 'Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p'
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That's an advantage of Japanese pattern saws (see here[^]) - you cut on the pull-stroke, not the push-stroke, so the blade isn't going to buckle, which also allows the blade to be thinner. My Dad (who's a big wood worker) swears by them. Stuart Dootson 'Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p'
Stuart Dootson wrote: you cut on the pull-stroke Now that is a good idea. Ant. I'm hard, yet soft.
I'm coloured, yet clear.
I'm fruity and sweet.
I'm jelly, what am I? Muse on it further, I shall return! - David Walliams (Little Britain)