New saw and templating

Yesterday I got a new ryoba style Japanese style saw. I already had a dozuki-style saw, but with its backbone reinforcement, it was impossible to make through cuts of any thickness.

So last night I practiced making nice, even, straight cuts with the ryoba with very encouraging results. I got myself into a nice 'zen cutting' mode, focused on the cut, and made very close to the correct 3D shape planned.

Also, to attempt to mitigate the mistakes made the time before, I made a template for the other, larger graving piece. Again, good for the task at hand and good practice for template making.



And, please, don't grab the saw blade and yank it. And make sure you wear a glove too.
Bad mojo.