I have finished my Mini-Bow-Saw. I made it from maple and scaled it to take a 6.5" coping saw blade. it works well. the tension bar and flexible tenons allow the blade to be brought to a nice tension. Not sure how much use it will get but it was good fun making it!
Hi - following on from my earlier post regarding Bow Saws, I spotted this one for sale on Ebay and managed to buy it for £4.27 + £6 postage. The blade is apparently pretty blunt but hopefully the rest should be serviceable. I thought it would be useful to examine how one was made historically prior to attempting to make one myself.
I just wish this weather would warm up a bit so I can get into my workshop
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The seller says that the bow saw takes 13" blades - I am hoping that the saw can be modified to take the 12" ones supplied by Gramercy. Maybe shorten the cross arm? I am looking forward to receiving it this next week.
Hi - has anyone had a go at making their own Bow-Saw?, this is screen clip from one of Roy Underhills "Woodwrights Shop" shows where he makes one with Bill Anderson. It looks to be very rewarding, perhaps a nice project for when I retire. Have you any ideas what blade could be used? and where you get one from?
http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/video/3100/3102.html
