Just finished ripping a 5-foot 2×4 for an artist's easel, and Holy Crap was that a workout. I'm hella proud of the straight cut, but I think I have a new appreciation for the hybrid approach. It's enough to make a guy want to break out the credit card for a table saw, but I like my marriage too much. Got the one piece ripped and dressed, but I think that's enough for today. The second one will have to wait.
Just finished ripping a 5-foot 2×4 for an artist's easel, and Holy Crap was that a workout. I'm hella proud of the straight cut, but I think I have a new appreciation for the hybrid approach. It's enough to make a guy want to break out the credit card for a table saw, but I like my marriage too much. Got the one piece ripped and dressed, but I think that's enough for today. The second one will have to wait.
Haha. I've not had the opportunity to try this yet. When I got into woodworking I was given power tools by others. I'd like to one day try the hand tool approach which, frankly, I had originally wanted to do, but my desire to woodwork overcame my desire to wait longer trying to acquire hand tools.
Just finished ripping a 5-foot 2×4 for an artist's easel, and Holy Crap was that a workout. I'm hella proud of the straight cut, but I think I have a new appreciation for the hybrid approach. It's enough to make a guy want to break out the credit card for a table saw, but I like my marriage too much. Got the one piece ripped and dressed, but I think that's enough for today. The second one will have to wait.
Just finished ripping a 5-foot 2×4 for an artist's easel, and Holy Crap was that a workout. I'm hella proud of the straight cut, but I think I have a new appreciation for the hybrid approach. It's enough to make a guy want to break out the credit card for a table saw, but I like my marriage too much. Got the one piece ripped and dressed, but I think that's enough for today. The second one will have to wait.
Just finished ripping a 5-foot 2×4 for an artist's easel, and Holy Crap was that a workout. I'm hella proud of the straight cut, but I think I have a new appreciation for the hybrid approach. It's enough to make a guy want to break out the credit card for a table saw, but I like my marriage too much. Got the one piece ripped and dressed, but I think that's enough for today. The second one will have to wait.
I'm a huge fan of the hybrid approach. Before I had a bandsaw I set out to hand rip some 4'-5' walnut logs. I spent a whole weekend just squaring off and sawing one of them down the middle. I thought I was in pretty decent shape but apparently my sawing muscles were somewhat under developed. My hats off to you folks who are able to stick it with only hand tools.
Just finished ripping a 5-foot 2×4 for an artist's easel, and Holy Crap was that a workout. I'm hella proud of the straight cut, but I think I have a new appreciation for the hybrid approach. It's enough to make a guy want to break out the credit card for a table saw, but I like my marriage too much. Got the one piece ripped and dressed, but I think that's enough for today. The second one will have to wait.
I'm a huge fan of the hybrid approach. Before I had a bandsaw I set out to hand rip some 4'-5' walnut logs. I spent a whole weekend just squaring off and sawing one of them down the middle. I thought I was in pretty decent shape but apparently my sawing muscles were somewhat under developed. My hats off to you folks who are able to stick it with only hand tools.
Just finished ripping a 5-foot 2×4 for an artist's easel, and Holy Crap was that a workout. I'm hella proud of the straight cut, but I think I have a new appreciation for the hybrid approach. It's enough to make a guy want to break out the credit card for a table saw, but I like my marriage too much. Got the one piece ripped and dressed, but I think that's enough for today. The second one will have to wait.
Just finished ripping a 5-foot 2×4 for an artist's easel, and Holy Crap was that a workout. I'm hella proud of the straight cut, but I think I have a new appreciation for the hybrid approach. It's enough to make a guy want to break out the credit card for a table saw, but I like my marriage too much. Got the one piece ripped and dressed, but I think that's enough for today. The second one will have to wait.
Using handtools is how I learned my woodworking basics and techniques as a young kid and it was… and still is most important to learn and get extensive practice using handtools prior to power tools. As I get older the power tools sure are much preferable to accomplish many tasks…
Just finished ripping a 5-foot 2×4 for an artist's easel, and Holy Crap was that a workout. I'm hella proud of the straight cut, but I think I have a new appreciation for the hybrid approach. It's enough to make a guy want to break out the credit card for a table saw, but I like my marriage too much. Got the one piece ripped and dressed, but I think that's enough for today. The second one will have to wait.
I was raised on a muscle powered farm as a youngster. My dad bought a tractor when I was about 7 or 8 I think. I remember my grandpa and he going hybrid building a Gothic style barn with a hay mow in the top. It was 54×56 x 26 feet high. All done with hand tools up until they made the Gothic rafters. Lots of long angling rip cuts. One of my uncles had bought a table saw for some reason and they used it to make those long rip cuts. I can't imagine anyone even starting a project like that with hand tools today.
Even when I was an apprentice in the late sixties, there were a lot of hand saws in use. Those old carpenters would cut a 2×4 off in 2 strokes.
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