Rant: The quiet skill of hand sawing has faded from most job sites

In my early years, we measured a carpenter by how straight and clean their hand saw cuts were. Today, I rarely see a handsaw outside of a trim job, with everyone defaulting to power saws for everything. That method taught control and respect for the material in a way that feels lost. I'm curious if any of you still practice or teach hand saw techniques to newcomers.

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knight.amy7mo ago

Miss that feel of a clean hand cut.

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murphy.wyatt7mo ago

My buddy just got the cleanest hand cut last week, said it reminded him of that post from @knight.amy. He wouldn't stop talking about how nice it felt.

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