Originally Posted by aussiegirl

It seemed that everyone was ready to move onto the next stage and Marcus was happy to oblige them. “Okay this time we are going to practice sawing a piece of wood. Now I want you all to use the mitre box as guides. I don’t think any of you are ready to do this free hand as much as some of you think you are.”

He walked back up to the front of the room, where he placed a piece of wood into the mitre box. “Rest your non dominant hand atop the mitre box to keep it in place and then place the saw into the groove of the mitre box.” He paused for a moment to demonstrate to the class what he was doing. “Now to saw the wood, it is a push and pull action with your hand.”

Again he demonstrated to the class on what to do, after a minute he had managed to cut the piece of wood in half. “Okay off you go.”