Sawing - Course: Manual woodworking techniques. Instruction examples for practical vocational training (Institut für Berufliche Entwicklung, 23 p.): Instruction Example 2.1. Cutting to Length of a Board

Sawing - Course: Manual woodworking techniques. Instruction examples for practical vocational training (Institut für Berufliche Entwicklung, 23 p.)

		(introduction...)
		Preliminary Remarks
		Instruction Example 2.1. Cutting to Length of a Board
		Instruction Example 2.2. Cutting to Length of Strips (Frame Strips)
		Instruction Example 2.3. Overlapping Joint
		Instruction Example 2.4. Cutting of Plies
		Instruction Example 2.5. Curves

A raw board shall be cut to length by separating cuts across the grain.

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Material

A raw board of hard wood or soft wood

Tools, measuring and testing means

Folding rule, pencil, try square, frame saw (cross-cut saw), cutting angle = 120°

Auxiliary accessories

Saw horses, bench (carpenter’s bench)

Necessary previous knowledge

Measuring, scribing, reading of drawings

Explanations to the working drawing

1 - required length

Sequence of operations		Comments

1.	Prepare the working place.	Check for completeness.

2.	Place the material on the saw horses or clamp the material in the carpenter’s bench.	The number of the saw horses depends on the length of the board.

3.	Scribe the board according to the drawing, mark the cutting line nearly square to the grain with a pencil.	Ask for the sizes of the required length; consider the length allowance; check the scribed line with the try square.

4.	Select and check the fram saw.	Cuts across the grain require push-and-pull cutting, check the sharpness of the saw.

5.	Cut off the board’s end. Guide the sawing tool in an acute angle to the surface of the workpiece.

6.	Cut the board to length.	Prevent tilting over of the board standing out.

7.	Check the result.	The boards cut to length are used for the second instruction example.

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