Another vote for the bow saw!
All of the commercial coping saws that I have tried failed to keep the blade tight, so I built a bow-saw style coping saw a couple of years ago and have never looked back.
Another vote for the bow saw!
All of the commercial coping saws that I have tried failed to keep the blade tight, so I built a bow-saw style coping saw a couple of years ago and have never looked back.
James
"Uke is always right." (Attributed to Ueshiba Morihei)
Harry......... the bow saw is really nice -- i have to try to make one!
The Chester Tool works site is not working correctly -- Does it list prices for the tools?
Tom, PM me off line the site is working fine as far as I know, but it has trougle with browsers other than Microsoft. I'll try to fix it soon.
Dave Anderson
Chester, NH
Something else that might be useful would be a jewler's saw:
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A little follow-up...
I ordered the Lee Valley coping saw. Pretty happy with it overall and it is a big improvement quality-wise over what I've always used. Made in Germany and everything seems well-made and fits nicely. I'd have preferred a nicer handle than the one that comes on it (ash), but it is functional and certainly not ugly. I will say that the blades they sell for it are much too course for hardwoods though, so I'll be getting some finer blades for detailed cuts.
And an other vote for the TFWW bow saw... They are amazing!
Just another one to look at.
http://www.hartvilletool.com/category/1642
"Remember back in the day, when things were made by hand, and people took pride in their work?"
- Rick Dale