diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/actors/SawMovementBehaviour.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/actors/SawMovementBehaviour.java
index d4a36f042..9add6f26f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/actors/SawMovementBehaviour.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/actors/SawMovementBehaviour.java
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ public class SawMovementBehaviour extends BlockBreakingMovementBehaviour {
 	public void visitNewPosition(MovementContext context, BlockPos pos) {
 		super.visitNewPosition(context, pos);
 		Vec3d facingVec = new Vec3d(context.state.get(SawBlock.FACING).getDirectionVec());
-		facingVec = VecHelper.rotate(facingVec, context.rotation.x, context.rotation.y, context.rotation.z);
-		facingVec.normalize();
+		facingVec = context.rotation.apply(facingVec);
 
 		Direction closestToFacing = Direction.getFacingFromVector(facingVec.x, facingVec.y, facingVec.z);
 		if(closestToFacing.getAxis().isVertical() && context.data.contains("BreakingPos")) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/saw/SawRenderer.java b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/saw/SawRenderer.java
index 078863d50..5c6478a38 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/saw/SawRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/simibubi/create/content/contraptions/components/saw/SawRenderer.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public class SawRenderer extends SafeTileEntityRenderer<SawTileEntity> {
 			if(!blockState.get(SawBlock.AXIS_ALONG_FIRST_COORDINATE))
 				MatrixStacker.of(ms).centre().rotateY(90).unCentre();
 		}
-		superBuffer = partial.renderOnDirectional(blockState);
+		superBuffer = partial.renderOnDirectionalSouth(blockState);
 		superBuffer.light(light).renderInto(ms, buffer.getBuffer(RenderType.getCutoutMipped()));
 
 		ms.pop();
@@ -141,8 +141,7 @@ public class SawRenderer extends SafeTileEntityRenderer<SawTileEntity> {
 		Direction facing = state.get(SawBlock.FACING);
 
 		Vec3d facingVec = new Vec3d(context.state.get(SawBlock.FACING).getDirectionVec());
-		facingVec = VecHelper.rotate(facingVec, context.rotation.x, context.rotation.y, context.rotation.z);
-		facingVec.normalize();
+		facingVec = context.rotation.apply(facingVec);
 
 		Direction closestToFacing = Direction.getFacingFromVector(facingVec.x, facingVec.y, facingVec.z);