How to Use a Bow Saw
- 1). Remove the mask that is over the blade of the bow saw. This is a long thin piece of plastic that slides over the blade of the saw to keep it and you protected when the saw is not in use.
- 2). Hold your piece of wood firmly, making sure that you keep your hand away from the part of the wood that you are going to cut.
- 3). Move the saw back and forth, while applying slight downward pressure, only a few inches in each direction. Do this until the saw has begun to dig into the piece of wood.
- 4). Move the saw back and forth, this time in longer strokes that use the full length of the blade, until you have sawed through the piece of wood.
- 5). Replace the mask over the blade of your saw once you are done cutting your wood.
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