Push or pull? Cutting dovetails

Even on this erudite forum

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>I would never have expected to see the word, "deconstructionist."

An odd word to find on a woodworking forum...

Re: Push

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>...are a bit miserable to use

Pain is your body telling you that you may doing damage to it. I worry about uncomfortable saws and other tools that are used repetitively, especially when the stress is concentrated in the wrist. Between the woodworking and the rest of the time spent typing and pushing the mouse around, we may be doing serious, irreparable damage to our hands. A more comfortable saw, sawing position, bench height, etc., can be worth a lot more than the difference in price.

Yes, the L-N has a little too much set for the work some of us use it for, mostly, but that's a lot easier to fix (with a stone or file or practice) than too little set, which would make it a really bad choice for some users.

Re: I like....

Steve Kubien

>I generally stick to "Stick swinging, sword wielding Daddy-o who likes greasy food and wood shavings." Yup, that's my label.

Steve Kubien

Modern

Frank D. in Montreal

>I'd say that modern buildings get the trophy for ugliness. Square (right angles, straight lines), little or no windows, bad (dangerous) ventilation, no adornment, ugly colors, concrete. Postmodern buildings, on the other hand, incorporate materials such as glass and titanium, have curves, open spaces, fresher air, and often are quite remarkable and innovative. Gehry's Guggenheim museum is a good example. Soviet realism is a good axample of modern architechture that has devastated what used to be beautiful countries (albeit a lot of thoes horrible buildings were made to replace what had been destroyed during WWII).