Anyone have any tips on evening out wood without a plane? Here's what I mean: I'm assembling a bookcase/cabinet and one of the legs was about 1/8" too tall on the top, reaching over the sides and top braces. Obviously the top wasn't going to be on solidly, so I grabbed my handy fine toothed hand saw saw and went at it. Which of course produced an angle downwards rather than a nice 90° cut. I think a plane would have worked better, although the bit I was cutting was only a 1x2. How could I have done this better? As it stands, this thing will be about 1/2 wood putty...


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