Frame saw or bow saw, what’s the difference?
…frame saws as being European and unBritish. The bowsaw cuts lovely tenons and shoulders with equal results. This image shows the out-cut of the frame saw and the dovetail saw…
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Making Frame Saws
…do the same or different work accord to blade type, whether you use bandsaw blades or bought frame saw blades. They crossover and do one another’s work readily. I keep…
Framing the issues…
…frames were huge and so too the blades. It wasn’t so very long before we saw the continuous bandsaw blade we know today. Frame saws old and new In mainland…
Relaxing Gets You There . . .
…because such Western saws were remarkable tools in the right hands. The problem I saw was that, often, woodworkers had rarely mastered Western saws and Western saw sharpening too. Had…
Saws – Sharpening and Refurbishment
…less ppi than 10 that we would sharpen cross cut. How do you sharpen a saw? https://commonwoodworking.com/sharpening-a-saw/ Handsaw/Panel saw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA5DixEaaUo https://paulsellers.com/2016/04/get-ready-get-set-got-files-go/ Crosscut saws https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fNosQU1Ujg https://paulsellers.com/2016/04/sharpening-first-crosscut-saw/ https://paulsellers.com/2016/04/s/ https://paulsellers.com/2016/04/crosscut-saw-sharpening-direct-youtube/ How do you…
Coping and the Costs of Coping Saws and Blades
…from true unless you buying something low-grade. Another source says that the saw weighs only two-thirds the weight of a regular frame saw and that means less fatigue on the body…
Choosing, Setting up and Using a Bandsaw
…and compact bandsaw? I would have no problem living with a compact and inexpensive bandsaw, even one underpowered. A bandsaw like this will not work in a commercial setting, where…
Framing Your Future
…of framers and the images and artwork installed in the frames. Creating frames as I have here means you can configure dozens of components to make highly desirable and distinctive…
When not to use a Square
…For frames of different types, pushing the project to evenness and bracing one of the corners will usually keep the frame square, allow installation and fixing, and the frame will…
Sharpening your frame saw blade
Some asked if frame saw blades can be sharpened and the answer is yes, most of the regular ones can be but not the fancy turbo ones with Japanese teeth….