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aussiegirl 
Lawson moved over to Celandine’s table and grasped the wood and gave it a small jerk. It was stuck but there was a tiny bit of leveredge there. “Place the claw part of your hammer underneath the wood and pull the handle back towards you. It should lift the wood off the table” he said as he moved over to Sidney’s table.
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.”
"Okay." Celandine tried that, the claw slipping under the wood with some effort, though the lifting part turned out to be much easier and soon the wood was free of the table. Too bad she couldn't try more hammering.
Cela flipped it over so the nail wouldn't catch again and listened to the new instructions. Mitre box? Okies. She put it in front of her and put the bit of wood inside, right hand resting to hold everything in place well out of the way of the sawing bit. But which groove? There were lots of grooves! She chose one at random and slipped the saw into it. Push and pull? She started doing that and it was only after a few moments that she realised a downward pressure was necessary to, on the wood that was. Teehee.
It was hard work. Diffindo was so more her thing. It took her at least three times as long as it had taken the professor, but eventually the bit of wood was cut in half along the straight line of the mitre box groove.