I can't cut straight to save my life, when I do occasionally achieve a decent cut I have to sit down a have brew in the garden and contemplate the good things in life, maybe feed a squirrel. These videos are a lifesaver, thank you!

Ii often catch the misses watching these types of videos. She loves a bit of wood she does.

I waited till 8:40 in to hear let the saw do the work. 😂. Brings back remembering of the first day of college

“It’s much smaller than I’m used to” Robin stole that line off my missus on our first I mean second date.

I grew up in Britain before circular saws became commonplace. I learned how to use a handsaw as a kid, because that's all we had. I moved to the US seven years ago, started working with my father-in-law who is a contractor, and had every type of power saw available when I started out as learning carpentry. But, one of the first things I bought was a handsaw - took a bit of searching here, I can tell you! I've had 20 year veterans mock me when I pull out a handsaw when it's the best tool for the job. "You know they make those with a motor now?, they laugh. But the old boys, they give a little smile, then tell you how many houses they've built with a handsaw. Sure I have power saws, cutting out stringers all day they're perfect, but to finish the cut, nothing else needed but a hand saw; no jigsaw, no sawzall. When the younger guys start asking for o borrow it, that's when you know you were right.

Superb! I hope people appreciate just how much technique/skill is involved in this. I watched my father cutting wood 40 years ago with a proper saw, that he sharpened and set himself. Also saw him slip on occasion, and cut his thumb too! Nonetheless the technique and skill was apparent and to this day, even though I was only a babe then, every time I pick up a saw I still see it in my minds eye. Every time! Just wish I still had his "proper" saws and not the throw away ones of today, though they do the job fine, but there is something special in being able to file your own cutting edge. He wasn't a carpenter by trade, a policeman infact, but knowing your way around tools was just instinctive in people of his and previous generations. Necessity and all that! He made me toys, built furniture and more, all with his innate skills. I have spent the last40 years trying to emulate him and the last 20 years working in construction, from design to hands on and it's such a rare delight to see someone taking pride in and producing such tasty work. Confidence is key, but is only gained by experience. Power tools are no doubt labour saving, but you can't exploit them to their maximum potential till you master the hand tools. Great vid from obvious enthusiast and an absolute master. 🤙

I've never seen such a perfect hand mitre cut before!!!

Brought back many happy memories when I learnt this as a kid... that and how to make a saw sound like a violin!!

When I was an apprentice, I spent six months cutting noggings good grounding in the old days . Definitely practice makes perfect.

This man is good vibes as well as an obvious true craftsman that also has the gift to teach. Extremely rare find! THANK YOU for taking time to share your gifts, May God bless you and your family! Cheers from Washington state!

I never had any lessons in carpentry but I did indeed practiced and find out myself just the way you tell in this video. Marvelous!

Superb video. My dad taught me 90% of this back in the 80s. I’m very thankful for the other 10% I’ve just learnt. One difference: I use the first knuckle of the thumb (interphalangeal) to guide the saw into position rather than the tip. It reduces the chance of the saw skipping onto the thumb and cutting it. I also find that if I keep my eye over the saw and keep it in line with the pencil line it never gets stuck. Game changer for me is scoring the line with a knife. Will try that tomorrow!

Thanks to this guy I cut straight today.

Thumbs up for proper education on how not to hurt yourself... I nearly lost my thumb when using a hand saw to cut some worktop... novice error I pushed the first cut instead of drawing back. Thank god for decent surgeons!!!

The young folk in lockdown should be watching this and learning something !!

Good video. I'm bricklayer & DIY woodwork for last 30yrs. Never owned a chop saw always us handsaw. practice makes perfect. #like all Robin video's

That's how I was taught to hold a saw by my dad, with your index finger pointing down the saw. I see so many people on TV programmes gripping it incorrectly, with all their fingers.

Very enjoyable watching a true craftsman demonstrate basic techniques. Thank you Robin

Cabinet Maker, Joiner, Wood Worker, Carpenter, or Chippie? Definitely a craftsman! Great back to basic content for us diy "wood be" Wood Butchers.

'Finger and thumb boy!' That's what our old woodwork teacher drummed into us about the grip!😘

I've enjoyed this. It made me feel like Robin was one of "the lads" while explaining. Simple terms, no technical wood butchery things going on. Just simple video for the masses! Cheers Robin.

You are an excellent teacher Robin. I am a retired plumber and I love your videos 👏👏

You can tell you’re doing a great cut by the sound the saw makes.

2:50 found it pretty creepy when you looked in to my eyes while sawing hahahaha

So many times the handsaw is the only way. Simple, elegant tutorial. Thank you.

All the while I'm impressed by how the second fix electrics are still in their packets to keep them clean till the decorating is done. Always thinking ahead.

Bravo Robin. A masterclass. Great skill... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Excellent stuff! I was once witness to a conversation between two mates, and engineer and a carpenter. Engineer, 'How *do* you cut straight in a piece of timber?' Carpenter, 'You get a nice sharp saw and practise for 40 years.' Kind of sums up life, really.

I was paying attention, I promise but what really caught my eye was the sockets and light switches covered in the bags they come in. That is next level clean working. Excellent.

Hi Robin I'm a young builder,done my level 1 in carpentry,need to get fully qualified and will do in time,more stuff like this would be brilliant atm whilst being stuck in wether it be basic carpentry skills or good practices/tips for young builders /chippys,love the enthusiasm and workmanship,good stuff!!!

Still using my late father’s 80+ year-old Diston saw, cuts perfectly.

A masterclass, thanks for sharing your techniques.

I've just come across this Chanel. Wow. What a pro. very articulate, well presented, well mannered, extremely informative. You should be teaching this at colleges. 👍👍👍

rewatching! always worth it ... my fav thing about Robin is he uses the hand tools ... such a treat!

Wowsa! Another Masterclass. Very clear,informative and interesting.

Incredible Robin, I've never been able to do that and have no confidence to cut a precise 90 by hand purely for the reason that no one has showed me untill now that is :-).........thank you.

"You dont want to take the lead out your pencil"! I've got loads of lead in my pencil, but no-one to write to! Interest vid Robin 👍👍

Really useful video again. Thanks Robin. Everybody should learn this at school.

Excellent, Robin - can't remember ever seeing someone showing us how to hand-cut a mitre cut, thank you. Hope all's good in your world? Handy as hubby says he needs a new hand saw - I can't believe it, but I don't think he did 'carpentry' at school, not even the make a foot stool basics (showing my age!)

Good tips Robin, thanks 👍

You guys are heroes! So many good tips always... thanks a lot!

I could watch these every day

Perfect cutting. 👍👍👍

This guy along with his co presenter are just awesome craftsman , simple as that. This is how you learn properly 👍 Tam.

Great teacher - well done !

Superb teaching!

Terrific demonstration, now I know how it is supposed to be done, time for practice

Thank you Robin , thats a useful video . Ive always struggled with this type of cut .

Robin excellent very simple and precise engagement with what you were doing thank you

Am fifty + now and all I can say is power tools are a wonderful thing.

enjoyed that well done robin

Robin is at the top of his game! unbelivable tradesmen, love watching all your videos, espically during this lockdown! From Ash the plumber from Eastbourne

Thank you so much for sharing your skill Robin that was awesome

Loving these regular videos, good work

I cut some hard wood with a fine blade last week and it took me ages and I thought I was just a total crap amateur. Seeing it take Robin a while has made me realise I wasn't doing it wrong after all. Good video thanks!

Top job Robin. I teach art students how to do this............it's hard work.

Another great tip Robin

I’m interested in starting a carpentry apprenticeship, and clear but well detailed instructional videos like this are perfect for me. Hope you guys keep making these, especially for the basics. They’re really inspiring and help me get some practice in!

Thanks. Very useful.

Learned a lot from that. Thanks.

Yup, like a pro for sure! Great video as always, thanks Robin.

Fantastic

Another great video, topclass tradesman 👍

great video Robin, more tutorials would be great!

Never thought about my sawing technique until this video!! But it made me think & ive just put into practice cutting 45 deg mitres through some garden sleepers which came out perfectly - Excellent again Robin !! Thanks for taking time out to post - keep them coming especially during the ‘virus’ ...

Hi Robin, you do such a good job on these videos, this sawing one is of particular interest to me, I have been saying that it took me forty years to learn how to use a panel saw!. I recall many years ago on a little job in Cambridge standing at the back of the van looking for a saw! after a minute or two I realised that I was just standing there, I didn't know which saw to pick!, I thought I'd gone crazy so I decided to count them all, when I got to fifteen I realised what had happened, there are so many different types of saw and they each have their own special purposes, I still count them up every now and then, just for fun I now include all the power saws as well, eight of them at the present!. Again knowing which one to use matters as much as how you use it. I had a good time cutting 250 x 125 mm sleepers a couple of weeks ago, each cut took a while but I only had four or five to do and getting the big ten inch electric and all the extension lead would have taken longer. I didn't hear you say anything about how the workpiece is held and at what height, ever since I started using a pair of those folding aluminium trestles and those one handed quick release clamps life has become much easier, and a clean level floor seems to help as well. Oh and if you can keep your head still throughout the saw will stay straight on its own!, hearing you sawing is like music to my ears! Thank you. Cheers, Richard.

Thanks for sharing your skills 👍

Robin that was great buddy reminds me of my woodwork teacher in 1968 at secondary school. It is so easy to take power tools for granted these days

Really enjoy your videos, and a great idea to go back to basics. Thank you

Very interesting for beginners

Nice tip

Great video I didn’t know there was so many saws

Love his man!!! Definitely dream to work and learn from you

Great video, big fan of the channel!

Fair play Robin , old boy who taught me had a Speare and Jackson because he said the Diston was expensive , he also had a bit and brace which came before the yankee 😮 he made me cut bits off 9x3 all day until I could cut square 😱 I'm 40 he was semi retired when I was 16 used to get pissed off but when I see what's around now I'm glad I stuck it out with him

I have learned so much from watching your clips. You're one of my go-to carpenters when I want to learn something. Thank you so much for sharing knowledge. From a hobby carpenter from the Netherlands.

An education to watch you. Super.

People don't think twice about sawing... until they have to do it themselves. All of a sudden it's not as easy as it seems! I've run into that myself. Great video for some of the basics and definitely taught me a thing or two on how to use this tool.

The middle becomes dull and the ends become sharp. Need to get me a saw that sharpens as it is used. Excellent videos 👍

Really good video on the basics, especially for us viewers that are not tradesmen but want to do a good job on diy projects.👍

I've never heard or seen of a saw sharpener, you learn something new everyday, bet its quite therapeutic doing it

For anyone thats interested the PTFE coated "black" saws by Irwin etc, are by far the best hand saws produced, they may cost a couple of quid more but they last forever and produce a good clean crisp cut whether cross cutting or with grain. A phenomenal saw when compared to any other "disposable" saw..

Outstanding. Great tutorial on hand saw. I really liked the demo of using the saw to draw the 45 deg angle. I never had any handsaws. But, watching this looks like I might have to get one now.

Bet your loving the peace and quiet to get lots done in the house Robin. I hope you have passed on your knowledge to a lucky apprentice mate. Gold dust you are👍

"Let the saw do the work" memories from 35 years ago learning how to use a saw properly in my granddad's shed!

Robin At first glance I mistakenly thought you were "just a builder" (note the quotes) but you've got the hand skills of a furniture maker. You're the real deal. Full of admiration. (sorry meant this for tsk tenon video which even more impressive than this one.)

Good post, thank you. Reminds me of working with my Grandfather when I was young. He was very particular about measure and cut. Comforting to see you the same way.

Great stuff Ive been checking out your Videos on Hinges, Locks Doors etc very informative and you explain things so well cheers

On a brand new saw you can use it as a mirror to reflect the timber. Once it reflects perfectly square then that is a straight cut. Watch the side of the blade as you cut and that gives you a real time picture of how your cut will finish. Once you find the sweet spot and watch the blade, the reflection will be true and the saw will almost seem invisible

tickles me you left in fluffing your line at the end. Really great demonstration thanks for the tips

You’d make a great teacher .

From the first video you convinced me to subscribe 😎

Do you ever miss those old saws? They're a pain to sharpen, but those wooden handles are comfortable.

Great video as always, what I like to do if it’s a cut that needs to be absolutely perfect is go to the van and set the mitre saw up 😂

wow!

Saw chops , was the name given to the holding device, the real skill is being able to saw with either hand above your head etc when necessary 👍

You can use the reflection of the edge of the wood in the saw to keep the blade true. If there's no angles in the reflection you're square and plumb.

This makes me want to start cutting by hand a bit more! With all the battery kit I have I hardly ever need a hand saw. I will say tho I think a 22” saw is safer- it’s less likely to come out the cut on the pull and do that springy thing where it bends up and pings off!

Two things..resistance and flow. When you start the cut use the resistance to set the cut, then as the cut progresses use the flow, as you reach the end of the cut look for the resistance to finish. Same with circular saws..the initial bite is useful, gives you time to set the blade true, then as you reach the end be brave and bite through.

Nice one Rodger. 100 times better than the last video. credit where credits due, True Skills Builder video.