If you use a backsaw to chop grooves, dadoes, or sliding dovetails, right here’s a easy method to make sure constant depth. Connect a 1/4-in.-thick piece of wooden to 1 or either side of the noticed, with the wooden pressed in opposition to the sawback, or backbone, of the noticed and held in place with jumbo-size (at the least 2-1/4-in.) binder clips. The width of the wooden strips determines the depth of minimize. Mark and save your depth-stop items, and you can also make the identical minimize each time.
—Larry Matthews, Higher Darby, Pa.
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