Antique folding frame / buck saw (and building my own).
Antique folding frame / buck saw
and building my own.
Intro; Back after new year here, as I said I have a bunch of unposted blogs and projects on my laptop, so here is the first one, most of them are related to green woodworking, hiking, some forging (another part of my woodworking passion these days) and knife making as usual, since this was was started my wood working journey - so it will not all be wood only.
We better start here, to make some understanding. Me in the woods, last year with a foldable frame saw, that I just made for my hammock adventures.
But it all really started, when I visited my friend Flemming at a antique fair in January last year (2018), here I took a wee look around and something caught my eye… It was a beautiful antique foldable carpenters frame saw.
(Buck / bow/ frame - what ever you prefer to call it, in Denmark it's often called a rammesav, meaning frame saw).
Here it is, the antique frame saw folded up, back in my workshop.
Really happy for the saw and that I got it at a fair price, after a wee hackling with the old lady who sold it. She did not know what it was, but just found it really beautiful.
(I paid 150 DKK / 18 GBP / 23 USD for it).
The brass part with the tensioner, taken of.
(A tenon is missing on the left side, I gave it a new one, out of old wood).
Opening up the side arms.
The cross arm doubles as a blade protector, when closed up.
Now we are getting there.
It almost look like a frame saw.
Look at the details, the tensioner, glides over the top and fits in the notch.
Wonderful mix of craftsmanships.
Tenon in place.
Sawblade are helt with this brass pin.
The saw needed a wee attention, a new tenon, saw blade clean up and a little oil and some of my home made wax.
(The augers in the back are some I made for birch sap collecting).
Here it is, ready for some sawing.
Nice handy carpenters saw, this will be a joy to use, even just to open and close up after use.
Closed up and ready to go.
Back to the inspiration…
This beautiful old saw, inspired me to make my self a foldable saw for my hammock hiking.
So I bought some blades from Bacho and that is where next part of the blog will start.
See you soon, hope you all came well into the new year.
I think the English call it a frame saw and the Americans a buck saw…
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_saw
Frame saw / rammesav, names and meanings in Danish: https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armsav
Hope it can be to some inspiration, perhaps just some joy this time.
Best thoughts,
MaFe
Antique folding frame / buck saw
and building my own.
Intro; Back after new year here, as I said I have a bunch of unposted blogs and projects on my laptop, so here is the first one, most of them are related to green woodworking, hiking, some forging (another part of my woodworking passion these days) and knife making as usual, since this was was started my wood working journey - so it will not all be wood only.
We better start here, to make some understanding. Me in the woods, last year with a foldable frame saw, that I just made for my hammock adventures.
But it all really started, when I visited my friend Flemming at a antique fair in January last year (2018), here I took a wee look around and something caught my eye… It was a beautiful antique foldable carpenters frame saw.
(Buck / bow/ frame - what ever you prefer to call it, in Denmark it's often called a rammesav, meaning frame saw).
Here it is, the antique frame saw folded up, back in my workshop.
Really happy for the saw and that I got it at a fair price, after a wee hackling with the old lady who sold it. She did not know what it was, but just found it really beautiful.
(I paid 150 DKK / 18 GBP / 23 USD for it).
The brass part with the tensioner, taken of.
(A tenon is missing on the left side, I gave it a new one, out of old wood).
Opening up the side arms.
The cross arm doubles as a blade protector, when closed up.
Now we are getting there.
It almost look like a frame saw.
Look at the details, the tensioner, glides over the top and fits in the notch.
Wonderful mix of craftsmanships.
Tenon in place.
Sawblade are helt with this brass pin.
The saw needed a wee attention, a new tenon, saw blade clean up and a little oil and some of my home made wax.
(The augers in the back are some I made for birch sap collecting).
Here it is, ready for some sawing.
Nice handy carpenters saw, this will be a joy to use, even just to open and close up after use.
Closed up and ready to go.
Back to the inspiration…
This beautiful old saw, inspired me to make my self a foldable saw for my hammock hiking.
So I bought some blades from Bacho and that is where next part of the blog will start.
See you soon, hope you all came well into the new year.
I think the English call it a frame saw and the Americans a buck saw…
Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_saw
Frame saw / rammesav, names and meanings in Danish: https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armsav
Hope it can be to some inspiration, perhaps just some joy this time.
Best thoughts,
MaFe