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  • @toneighty
    @toneighty 10 місяців тому +2

    Tommy is a national treasure.

  • @jeffmansfield914
    @jeffmansfield914 7 років тому +78

    If cutting a bolt or threaded rod, put a nut on it first, then make your cut, then remove the nut. As you back the nut back off of the bolt, it will straighten out the threads.

  • @stephanienesbitt2150
    @stephanienesbitt2150 Місяць тому

    Very helpful. Now I know what to look for in the stores. I’ve been using the wrong saws no wonder it makes the job so hard. Learned so much.

  • @timtaylor1999
    @timtaylor1999 6 років тому +8

    At 3:31 you don't want to use the saw and cut towards you. Make sure you clamp down anything you are cutting and keep your hands away from the blade.

    • @ArunBasilLal
      @ArunBasilLal 2 роки тому +2

      My heart was pumping when I saw him cut towards him. Would have been a great teachable moment, sadly missed.

    • @darkinertia2
      @darkinertia2 Рік тому

      were not elementary school kids anymore, the whole "dont cut towards yourself" was meant for kids that dont have control over their own body yet but if your competent, you have way more control. in that case there was almost no danger of him cutting himself, even though it was a really weird and awkward technique just for quick demonstration purposes but if you ever used a paring knife, thats nothing but cutting towards yourself lol

  • @diannadearborn1117
    @diannadearborn1117 6 років тому +5

    One point I seldom see mentioned about using saws is that the push and the pull strokes require different pressures on the blade. With a western saw, one leans into the push stroke, the productive stroke so that the teeth have a firm pressure against the cut. On the pull stroke, on the non-productive stroke the pressure is lessened so that the teeth ride back gently over the cut.
    Once mastered, this technique 1) helps keep saw teeth sharper longer by not rounding the tips, 2) helps keep the cut straighter, less "wonky", by reducing blade vibration and, ultimately, 3) reduces demand on sawyer's energy by making half the strokes less work.
    Faster, cleaner, easier.

  • @DamonHawn
    @DamonHawn 7 років тому +8

    I love hand sawrs.

  • @Zoro-kl4hv
    @Zoro-kl4hv 8 років тому +2

    thank you mr. silva for sharing thoughts about saws.... ive learned alot.

  • @craigsooman7901
    @craigsooman7901 Рік тому +1

    A lesson from the master.

  • @stevena3333
    @stevena3333 3 роки тому +5

    I came to learn about saws, instead, I left with a vast knowledge of sars.

  • @techfive7202
    @techfive7202 6 років тому +2

    Great vid! Good thing about using a handsaw for drywall is that you can feel a restriction like a wire or pipe. Seen to many mistakes using sawsall

  • @mr.wizeguy8995
    @mr.wizeguy8995 7 років тому +2

    Most of those cuts can do with reciprocating saw using different blades for each task which is more convenient to buy one power tool and few blade instead loads of hand tools.

  • @JohnSmith-td7hd
    @JohnSmith-td7hd 4 роки тому

    I had never seen the jab saw or those cut-flush saws before. Pretty clever tools.

  • @TheRepublicOfJohn
    @TheRepublicOfJohn 7 років тому +4

    when cutting in an electrical box with a jab saw, just spin the tip of the jab saw in the corner to 'drill' a starting hole. you can bust up the wall hammering the saw through.

    • @amsivertson
      @amsivertson 5 років тому

      John McIntyre that’s why my personal favourite tool for this is an oscillating saw. So easy to control the plunge depth.

  • @beepIL
    @beepIL 5 років тому +21

    3:39 ugh the hand in front of the cutting blade with tension towards the resting hand on the plate...
    just a hand waiting to be cut... made me cringe

    • @marlo3898
      @marlo3898 5 років тому +1

      I guess I wasn't the only one.

    • @jeanducheamps7697
      @jeanducheamps7697 5 років тому

      Just the idiot host doong his thing...

  • @WoolyBuggerPicker
    @WoolyBuggerPicker 7 років тому +2

    Your index finger down the side of the handle helps to keep your shoulder/arm in line with your cut.

  • @itsmenotyou5799
    @itsmenotyou5799 8 років тому +33

    it would be a good ideal when you saw to keep your hands clear from the blade,
    one slip and your not going to like what happens.

  • @Mixwell1983
    @Mixwell1983 6 років тому +16

    And all this time I used my pull saw as a spatula for flipping burgers.

  • @marsh1998
    @marsh1998 7 років тому +6

    4:16 Kevin looking to lose a finger tip there

  • @linascibelli7592
    @linascibelli7592 3 роки тому

    Love Tom Silva, not only because he has my same last name but because he has so much knowledge on what I love, capentry😊

  • @SunyJim
    @SunyJim 8 років тому +7

    Everybody seems to be raving about those Japanese style pull saws, I like how flexible they are.
    I'd be interested in knowing if Tommy uses hard point teeth or if he sharpens his saws?

    • @dustman96
      @dustman96 8 років тому +3

      They are sweet but have to treat them nice.

    • @BobBlarneystone
      @BobBlarneystone 7 років тому +1

      Japanese pullsaws are not resharpened because the these have a complex geometry and they are very hard; the blades are replaced. These days, I use the pullsaws almost exclusively - less effort and easier to follow a line.

    • @showpro1178
      @showpro1178 7 років тому +2

      He was using an Irwin Japanese-style pull saw. On that particular model, the finer, cross-cut teeth are impulse-hardened, and because of that would be very difficult to sharpen. IIRC, the teeth on the other edge are for rip cuts, but are NOT impulse-hardened. Hope this helps.

  • @jayyoutube8790
    @jayyoutube8790 7 років тому +17

    Sesame Street for us adults.. Great show.. (Bert and Ernie this episode. The other big guy is Cookie Monster) 😂😂

    • @seededsoul
      @seededsoul 6 років тому +1

      jon doe I am a grown man and am better than most men, but I don’t have these carpentry skills!

    • @anNaSoR911
      @anNaSoR911 5 років тому

      You better not be talking about the beloved Richard Trethewey.

    • @larrytrujillo8381
      @larrytrujillo8381 4 роки тому +1

      Or Cook!

  • @RobertLeBlancPhoto
    @RobertLeBlancPhoto 6 років тому +7

    I must be choosing wisely.
    Every saw I own easily cuts my hands.

  • @tchevrier
    @tchevrier 7 років тому +2

    that pull saw was cool

    • @kalijasin
      @kalijasin 6 років тому

      Very clean and precise cut.

  • @jamesflowers874
    @jamesflowers874 5 років тому

    What brand of adjustable hacksaw are you using? The first saw that you pullout ?

  • @adamvelasquez3212
    @adamvelasquez3212 2 роки тому

    What kind of oil is good to put on my handsaw blade so it can cut smoothly

  • @des9619
    @des9619 2 роки тому

    Thank you!

  • @syedjavedahmad9719
    @syedjavedahmad9719 4 роки тому

    thanks for the lesson.

  • @zekenzy6486
    @zekenzy6486 8 років тому

    thank for your tip and trick

  • @jjlll2036
    @jjlll2036 3 роки тому

    Japanese hand saws are awesome

  • @jkajje2945
    @jkajje2945 8 років тому +1

    Nice to se a pro This guy knows what his talking about Keep the videos coming please

    • @BobBlarneystone
      @BobBlarneystone 7 років тому +1

      (except for mistakenly calling the Japanese pullsaw as a backsaw, which is a totally different saw)

  • @ozzy2753
    @ozzy2753 8 років тому

    Wow, nice thanks for the tips

  • @diverdave4056
    @diverdave4056 Рік тому

    and most important is to not waste your money on a cheaply made saw !
    I know its WRONG but I always install my hack saw blades backwards = it works great for me

  • @HawksDiesel
    @HawksDiesel 8 років тому

    Off subject question, is that HEF-CAT license plate a Missouri plate?

  • @Brandon_Jackson
    @Brandon_Jackson 6 років тому +3

    A sar is fun to use man!

  • @Ryanwolson12
    @Ryanwolson12 6 років тому +2

    This is the most American UA-cam channe ever

  • @tom3fitzgerald
    @tom3fitzgerald 6 років тому

    good guy kevin, he already knows this stuff but asks for our benefit

  • @nackabags
    @nackabags 6 років тому

    Everything I ever wanted to know about "sores"

  • @PartScavenger
    @PartScavenger 7 років тому +1

    The Dewalt Jamb saw and the Stanley Mitre Saw they show are total crap. I've owned both. I don't like using my vintage tools out on jobs, does anybody know where we can get new saws that are as good as my old ones?

    • @seededsoul
      @seededsoul 6 років тому

      PartScavenger Lowes....lol jk.
      Sciplus.com has some old-school goodies, might find it there.

    • @mikeratkowski3506
      @mikeratkowski3506 4 роки тому

      Lee valley tool

  • @Andrew-is7rs
    @Andrew-is7rs 7 років тому

    They should of discussed the 'left or right handed saw' first.
    Makes all the difference

  • @ilyazpasha9395
    @ilyazpasha9395 6 років тому

    Pye tools very good & Tom also good

  • @rkitano
    @rkitano 7 років тому

    Why do many cross cut and rip handsaws have a hole in the end of the blade?

    • @thorp.n8998
      @thorp.n8998 7 років тому +2

      I always figured it was for hanging the saw off a screw or nail in the shop

    • @showpro1178
      @showpro1178 7 років тому

      Probably to allow the user to hang the saw on a nail when finished cutting.

  • @justinwoods240
    @justinwoods240 4 роки тому

    Is it me or anytime I do the shoulder to arm straightness trick or try to get a strait cut at all even on metal it’s always off but on a band saw eye ball it’s dead on 😂🤣

  • @JoseLainez
    @JoseLainez 8 років тому +21

    sauuur

  • @Orxenhorf
    @Orxenhorf 8 років тому +19

    That Japanese pull saw and a back saw are two completely different things.

    • @Orxenhorf
      @Orxenhorf 8 років тому +3

      A back saw has a stiffening rib along the back of the saw blade. That is a Ryoba with teeth along both edges. A Dozuki would be a Japanese back saw (also cutting on the pull stroke).

    • @BobBlarneystone
      @BobBlarneystone 7 років тому +1

      I believe that Mr. Silva misspoke when he called the Japanese style saw a backsaw; it is as Orxenhorf said. By the way, I definitely prefer a pull saw with single cutting edge- there's much less chance of nicking a hand or finger.

    • @kevinodonnell9116
      @kevinodonnell9116 7 років тому +2

      I'm afraid a far greater transgression has occurred. That saw doesn't have rough and fine cut sides, it has rip and crosscut. So... I am not sure how to feel. lol

    • @5tonyvvvv
      @5tonyvvvv 6 років тому

      Same thing, they cut on the pull... SO WHAT!!! The Japanese aren't from another planet of saw makers!

  • @TheMetalBison
    @TheMetalBison 7 років тому +15

    What's wrong with Kevin? He looks like "I'm sick of this shit"

  • @storrance
    @storrance 5 років тому +2

    Also be sure to never clamp anything down while you're sawing.

    • @bblack340
      @bblack340 5 років тому +1

      Scott Torrance uuuuuhhh.. no you can definitely clamp things down when sawing

    • @sophiechristie1801
      @sophiechristie1801 5 років тому

      B Black he was joking 😂

  • @FikiFirmansyah
    @FikiFirmansyah 4 роки тому

    1:37 upsie

  • @Engineer9736
    @Engineer9736 8 років тому +23

    3:30 Really.. those men are so old and still don't see the danger in what they are doing there.

    • @krn14242
      @krn14242 7 років тому +5

      OMG, he might have cut his finger clean off. ooooo...darn safety police.

    • @krn14242
      @krn14242 7 років тому +1

      OMG, he might have cut his finger clean off. ooooo...darn safety police.

    • @saulgoodman2018
      @saulgoodman2018 7 років тому +2

      He should have turned it around.

    • @brianmoore581
      @brianmoore581 7 років тому +19

      Those men are so old and still have all their fingers. I think they can handle it.

    • @buzzarabs9383
      @buzzarabs9383 7 років тому

      www.ebay.com/itm/272760214138?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
      you may like this

  • @kinedwin5290
    @kinedwin5290 3 роки тому

    A hand saw is convenient for people living, It sawed quickly anything in half.

  • @mardakworkshop4450
    @mardakworkshop4450 8 років тому

    👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

    • @gdubbbbb
      @gdubbbbb 8 років тому

      MAJEED MARDAK ili0

  • @nytom4info
    @nytom4info 7 років тому

    A two stroke Armstrong? :)

  • @losttribe3001
    @losttribe3001 8 років тому +20

    I worked with a guy who cut anything with just his halitosis breath.

  • @aleksamaker8118
    @aleksamaker8118 7 років тому +2

    here in Serbia we cut drywall with a knife

    • @buzzarabs9383
      @buzzarabs9383 7 років тому

      www.ebay.com/itm/272760214138?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
      you may like this

    • @kalijasin
      @kalijasin 6 років тому

      You outdated. Get a drywall router.

  • @jobaecker9752
    @jobaecker9752 7 років тому

    Out in the sun recently? ;)

  • @MikeJones__Who
    @MikeJones__Who 2 роки тому +1

    Sawr

  • @kalijasin
    @kalijasin 6 років тому

    Hand saws are great but you'd never use them remodel a whole house unless you want to spend years remodeling.

  • @savingthefarm7698
    @savingthefarm7698 3 роки тому

    Why wouldn't a plumber use a pipe cutter?

  • @anstef1485
    @anstef1485 4 роки тому

    What? no mention of ripping saws or cross-cutting saws?

  • @0351nick-ch8ee
    @0351nick-ch8ee 3 роки тому

    A little weak on the hand saw comparisons...rip and crosscut teeth are totally different.

  • @xclimatexcoldxx
    @xclimatexcoldxx 5 років тому

    I saw those fingers.

  • @ecjraj
    @ecjraj 5 років тому

    Hack sar.

  • @johnnykurplutzo8347
    @johnnykurplutzo8347 Рік тому

    Slap saw

  • @TechieTrevor
    @TechieTrevor 6 років тому

    sawr

  • @webberfan1234
    @webberfan1234 Рік тому

    This the kinda guy that when he talks, you shut up!

  • @syedjavedahmad9719
    @syedjavedahmad9719 4 роки тому

    lesson learned. the young man looks good, but chubby now.

  • @Soxruleyanksdrool
    @Soxruleyanksdrool 4 роки тому +1

    I "SAW" what they did there.
    yuk yuk

  • @earlrussell1026
    @earlrussell1026 3 роки тому

    You must love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. You must love your neighbor as yourself. Jesus the anointed is Lord! Repent and be baptized and believe the Gospel.

  • @samuelt2072
    @samuelt2072 6 років тому

    Japanese pull saws...
    ... the only way to go.
    Hacksaw: torture instrument.

    • @derpamongrimpar9944
      @derpamongrimpar9944 5 років тому

      Why would u use a hacksaw for wood, they're meant for metal.

  • @toadamine
    @toadamine 6 років тому

    Lots of wrong, but he sounds sure of himself. 😂