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Reply from Studhawk
Hi Harry. Thanks for your review. We are a small business, passionate about our products and love to hear from our customers. Please check out our youtube channel for our 'how to' videos, for diy and trade. Thanks for your purchase.
Studhawk Team.
I bought Studhawk as I don't own a mitre saw and needed a way of cutting the end of a skirting board to 45 degrees. After five attempts, using different hand saws etc. I still haven't been able to get a clean 45 degree cut using the studhawk. I've followed the method as instructed in Studhawk videos each time. I'm fully aware that it could be a case of 'bad workman blames his tools', but I suspect not. It just isn't anywhere as easy as Studhawk make out and I can't afford to keep buying more skirting until I crack it.
Reply from Studhawk
Dear Joe if you watch the Studhawk video of skirting cutting you will see how the Studhawk 45 is used to cut skirting mitres.
Firstly skirting boards are too thin to mount the Studhawk on the skirting edge - so what you must do is create a running rail for the saw guide by clamping a piece of 2x2 to the top edge. ie widen the edge of the skirting by clamping a 2x2 to it. Also for these difficult cuts it is best to draw a pencil line so that you can check you are on line as your cut progresses. Once your saw has cut to half the depth of the skirting - the cut you have made effectively becomes a saw guide also, to finish the cut to full depth.
If you have an offcuts of 2x4 or 3x2 you can put these under your clamped 2x2 for additional support. So if you are cutting 6 inch skirting the 2x2 clamped block to your skirting top edge plus a 4x2 placed under the 2x2 adds up to 6 inches ie the depth of your skirting. This will stabalise the wood for the cut.
Lastly DO NOT PUT MORE FORCE INTO THE SAW THAN THE WEIGHT OF THE SAW - ie simply pull it back and forth very gently - in fact the gentler your sawing action the more accurate the cut will be. In other words in order to cut beautifully you need to hold back on the weight of the saw.
One of the best ways to know if you are using a saw correctly is the sound it makes or the 'sing of the saw' as we say. So listening to the noise of your saw will help you to realise if you are doing it well or not. Remember your saw does not chop wood it glides to GENTLY cut wood.
Final tip for you Joe is to have a gentle grip/ hold on the saw and always point your forefinger down the blade as it helps you to cut in the direction you point your finger. You will find every saw has a groove for your forefinger.
Studhawk has a 100% record of people being able to cut accurately with the Studhawk Saw Guide Set. We have only had 1 set returned because the customer changed their mind otherwise every user in over 10,000 sales has suceeded with the Studhawk saw guides.
Don't forget they are great for cutting plastic pipes and gutters, electrical conduits and even insitu for splicing, cutting tenons and lap joints and much more.
Michael Orwin - inventor of Studhawk.
A clean, perfect cut everytime... Don't need to say anything else.
Reply from Studhawk
Thank you for your comments. We hope you can recommend us to friends and family. Please also see our You Tube channel for lots of 'how to...' videos on typical DIY projects. Thanks again for your support.
Reply from Studhawk
Thank you for your kind feedback. Enjoy your purchase and be sure to watch our youtube channel or get in touch if you need any advice on getting the best out of your studhawk.
The Studhawk Mitre guide is brilliant. It took me a while to figure out how to use it for the corner cut on the skirting, but I got there in the end.
No hassle delivery, imaginative precise tool. Blows other cutting guides out of the water. Rarely does a an innovation come along that really works.
Reply from Studhawk
Great to hear Robert! Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.
Reply from Studhawk
Happy to have been of service. Thank you!
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