How do you start your cut square? Bench hook worked well with no miter box. (lemmy.world)

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[-] pageflight@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I do have one of those! It works great with my rip saw, but I didn't see a way to use it with my back saw because of the back, whereas the bench hook fits under there more easily. Maybe I'm just overlooking the way to set it up.

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