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My contractor buddy insisted I needed a $400 Japanese pull saw for fine joinery
Bought one for a walnut cabinet project and honestly, my $30 western saw did the same job in the same time. The cut was maybe 5% cleaner, but not worth the price tag for most of us. Anyone have a tool they were told was a game-changer that just wasn't?
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young.michael6mo ago
Oh man, I was the same way about those fancy saws. Always figured you needed the best tool. But after trying a few, I get it now. Sometimes the basic thing does the job just fine.
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the_ben6mo ago
Yeah saw a video on that. Guy built a whole deck with just a basic handsaw.
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spencer_gonzalez16mo ago
Wait, did @the_ben's guy really build a whole deck with just a hand saw? That's nuts. I'd have given up after the first board, my arms would be jelly.
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thea6023mo ago
My arms would be jelly after the first board too, but more from pretending I knew what I was doing than the actual sawing. That guy has some serious patience and probably a lot of ibuprofen. I'd need a month to recover from building a birdhouse with that thing, let alone a whole deck.
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