WELCOME TO OUR CUTTING & SAWING TIMBER PROJECT

To promote your business on this page, click here to find out more!

Summary: Cutting and sawing timber. Sawing in a straight line. Making square cuts in timber

<< Back to projects

Sounds so simple doesn't it, but like all building work it takes practice and a little know-how to get a straight line.

Look at the teeth on a saw. They are "set" ant an angle to each other. This allows the saw to cut easily through the wood leaving a cut wide eneough for the saw to get through without sticking. This only works if the saw is going in a straight line. If the cut you are making veers from the straight in any way, by even a few mm, the saw will stick.

There are two very basic faults which turn a relatively simple job into a nightmare. People do not secure the timber they are cutting and do not get right over the top of the cut.

Firstly, it is so important that the work, and work bench is solid and secure. One little rock and the saw is off line. Make sure you have created a solid platform to work on. If it is possible to clamp the project, then even better, but make sure you get some weight on it to stop it moving. Click on the image below to buy the bench at £19.99

Cutting Timber Straight

Secondly, get right over your work. Ideally you should have an eye either side of the saw blade. This should ensure that your cut is at 90 degrees to the timber. If you are over to one side of the work, your saw will be at an angle.

Stroke the saw gently, let it do the work. You are only there as a guide. New saws cost very little these days so make sure you have a new, sharp one for your project. Its not worth spoiling the ship for a ha'peth of tar. Old, blunt saws have to be forced through the wood and that just leads to trouble. Click on any of the images below to buy.

Using power tools to make your cut certainly makes life easier, but until you are used to them, unlike a hand saw, one tiny slip can ruin a job. A slip with a hand saw can cause a little cut in a piece of work which, most of the time, can be sanded out. A slip with a circular saw is a huge cut half way across a door!

Top Tools

Click on a tool below for additional information.

BAHCO 244 Handsaw 22	Bosch GST 120BE 650W Jigsaw	Bosch Holesaw Kit 8 Pc	DeWalt D23700-GB 240V 235mm Circular Saw
Irwin Jack Tenon Saw 12Tpi 10" (254mm)	RAGE 2 355Multichop 2000W Chop Saw	Ryobi One+ CDI-1801M/BG 18V Combi Drill	Trimetals Single Door Pent Stowaway Store

Much more construction information is available in our bookstore. All the tools and fittings you need in the toolstore.

Forums

Carpentry & Joinery
	-> Carpentry & Joinery

Topics		Replies	Author	Views	Last Post
	kitchen units ???	4	PETER R	95	PETER R
	Chipboard flooring	3	charlie58	1006	Favposi
	cutting skirting	3	marrittm	316	nitro2345
	Interior wooden doors sticking	2	bakerboy1	408	Favposi
	walls not square	2	PETER R	154	PETER R
	sliding wardrobes	1	studog	98	chris_on_
	Building a bookcase	0	ecojimbob	70	ecojimbob
	kitchen plinth / skirting	1	lyndad	251	chris_on_
	drilled holes too large for screw	1	coleby	263	chris_on_
	taking out a newel post and putting a new one in,	1	zack08	130	chris_on_
	rotten joists	0	Darboo	98	Darboo
	Standard internal door sizes	0	mrsflash	101	mrsflash
	replace shelf in kitchen cupboard	0	Declan Ha	50	Declan Ha
	French Doors & Door Closer	0	blister13	185	blister13
	Building a bath box!	0	rappo	258	rappo
	jig work top	3	vince mcc	463	kat_1
	skirting	4	matanhale	1200	chris_on_
	Fixing skirting to walls with rubbish bottoms	1	rosypie	647	chris_on_
	Summer House - paint before or after?	2	SUSAN99	370	chris_on_
	How many 50mm nails in a 1kg pack	1	mattywix	192	chris_on_
	Plasterboard query?	1	HUGHSEY	375	chris_on_
	cladding	3	Milnathor	810	chris_on_
	Kitchen Island	0	chipclub	266	chipclub
	Oak on concrete	0	dobbass	273	dobbass
	Boxing in a central heating boiler.	4	lesley1	939	lesley1
	Granite Worktop	2	stevie325	762	welsh bri
	Wet Room Door exposed to shower water and expanding	0	Wendelici	320	Wendelici
	removing doorway from stud wall	0	yorksvill	413	yorksvill
	What Nails to use in Oak?	3	goose	608	goghat
	What do you think?	1	j5-payne	323	TheDeeJoi
	Where can I get a glazed, single pane, wooden stable door?	0	blokeinbr	278	blokeinbr
	telescopic rail for a shower curtain	0	Kamoha	312	Kamoha
	Swoolen doors	1	Freathy	540	goghat
	damaged laminate work top	0	Raj Patel	437	Raj Patel
	nailpolish remover has stripped the finish off pine dresser	0	karenlamb	313	karenlamb
	Fitting new skirting....	1	dtharby	983	wabbitpoo
	Replacing unusual size doors	2	Laurie	1641	apollo579
	Replacing legs on oak trunk table	0	sponsford	310	sponsford
	Communications	1	Ressy	392	thedoctor
	floor beading and open door problem	0	dss3eu	404	dss3eu
	Spindles/Handrails	3	beetleroc	719	beetleroc
	ATTACHING SKIRTING	2	martii	1043	Bob Plum
	sawing a curve	3	molmol	1130	chris_on_
	Laminate trimming	2	nevans84	1107	chris_on_
	Knocking thru a stud wall . . . STEP BY STEP!!	1	Jord The	592	thedoctor
	Space saving kitchen door hinge.	0	Johnadlam	552	Johnadlam
	Unable to open back door....help please!	3	novicelon	727	allan the
	Gadget needed so much blood..........................	5	racheluk	1127	welsh bri
Display topics from previous:

	-> Carpentry & Joinery

Jump to: