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Knowledge hiding in plain sight.

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Knowledge hiding in plain sight.

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Knowledge hiding in plain sight.

Chuck Nickerson

>A recent article in PWW on sawing technique explained using a board's reflection on the saw to square a cut. It's wonderful; after 52 years I finally got to show my Dad something he didn't know. Last night when I pulled my copy of "Old Ways of Working Wood" by Alex W. Bealer off the shelf, I noticed an illustraion on the dust jacket that clearly shows the technique. A pencil is marking a board by drawing along a saw blade, and the reflection drawn on the saw blade shows the straight line of reflection to board. Yet I find no mention of the trick in the book. what other knowledge/techniques/tricks are hiding in plain sight? Or did everyone but me already know this trick?

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shiny chisel backs

Ed Mulligan, Cape Cod

>If your chisel back is reflective it can work just like the saw.

If you're cutting a 45 the reflection is a 90 and it's surprisingly easy to see when you are 'right on'.

Ed

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Dang right

Christopher Schwarz

>I was cutting some banding recently and was -- at first -- all worked up about the miters. Then I remembered that article and used the back of the chisel to cut four astonishingly tight miters around a drawer front.

And I did it without marking, maeasuring or fuss. It took about two minutes. Thanks to Carl Bilderback, the author.

Chris

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Dale Stansbery

>This comes up from time to time when someone discovers it for the first time. We were taught that trick by our industrial arts teacher in the early 60's. It's probably been known from the time someone first polished a saw blade. I wish my teacher had spent more time teaching plane sharpening, rather than just having them ready for us.

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