My 1st bow saw

I saw some talk of making a bow saw and it was one item on my lit of things to make…so I made one.

I did not have a plan, just looked at the one PS uses and started working it out my story board.

Well back up…I had bought what I thought was a bow saw blaed a few weeks ago, turns out it was a frame saw blade…and i got two..doh! No problem…

Edit – do not attempt this…

I used a cut off disc on a pedestal grinder…a few clamps and well placed boards and i was ready to start cutting it down to a smaller height. No bleeding was involved so I done something right…

Edit – Resume doing this if you want 🙂

I used what I think is hard maple – not 100% sure as it was a board that got mixed in with the Ash when I built my bench from (Prior to my enlightenment (Learning of Paul))

I have a 6″ depth of cut which should met my needs. The twine is some Jute 3 ply I got at TSC.

Still deciding if I like the shape of the handle. Might need some tweaking yet.

So the plan was to take the things I have learned from the other PS projects I have made and all the videos I have watched a hundred times.

1. made a plan in my head.
2. put it on my story board
3. Size the stock
4. cut the tenons
5. chop mortises
6. Radius near the tenon seats
7. Radius near the mortises
8. Shape the uprights (handles?) and the cross piece
9. drill holes for 3/16 x 1 dowels (Hardened)
10. saw recess for blade
11. make the winding paddle
12. put the saw together – wrap 4 or 5 rounds of twine – tie with a square knot

Put it together and use it.

Thinking I could have went with smaller dimensions on the stock. This things seems very stout.