Hmm, pulling the spirits toward you. And I would have thought it was because someone got annoyed when they bent a saw trying to power through the push, and realized that putting the blade in tension made more sense than putting it in compression. *GRIN*
I would think that you could get a bit more power from a push saw because you tend to be above the saw and the work piece and can put your weight behind the push. pulling it toward you though, definitely minimizes the problem of buckling the blade because you are putting the blade in tension through the power stroke. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: d...@andrew.cmu.edu Tel: (412) 268-9081
