Making a Bow Saw and a Frame Saw

[James Owen]

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However, my real good friend Mr. Murphy usually involves himself in projects like this.....so my questions are:

What are the pitfalls?
What did you have to learn the hard way?
What "tricks of the trade" should I know?
What tweaks have you applied to make the saw(s) work better?

Thanks in advance for any insights and advice.

James
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[Bruce Shiverdecker]

To be honest, I don't know which to call this, but it was not difficult to make and works well. Just made it. The brass for the blade holder was the hard part, at a reasonable price.

Bruce

[Bob Smalser]

Buy the blade first, Jim. It'll tell you how it wants to be mounted, and every dimension is based on the length of the blade.

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[James Owen]

Buy the blade first, Jim. It'll tell you how it wants to be mounted, and every dimension is based on the length of the blade.

Hi Bob,

Thanks. Have a couple of blades (same lengths); that was what I was thinking (dimensions based off blade length.).

BTW, those are some very nice looking saws. Will reply in more detail shortly, with some additional questions.

James

[James Owen]

To be honest, I don't know which to call this, but it was not difficult to make and works well. Just made it. The brass for the blade holder was the hard part, at a reasonable price.

Bruce

Bruce,

That's a pretty nice looking saw you have there. Thanks for sharing!!

James