Looking for a high-quality coping saw

[James Owen]

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.

[Tom Godley]

Harry......... the bow saw is really nice -- i have to try to make one!

[Aaron Wingert]

This saw is made by one of our members. It looks very nice.

http://www.chestertoolworks.com/bowsaws.htm

Now that thing is almost too nice to actually use! Can't quite justify the price for something that lives in my tool bag...But I asked for high quality and that thing certainly is!

[Tom Godley]

The Chester Tool works site is not working correctly -- Does it list prices for the tools?

[Dave Anderson NH]

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.

[Michael Faurot]

Something else that might be useful would be a jewler's saw:
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[Aaron Wingert]

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.

[David Gendron]

And an other vote for the TFWW bow saw... They are amazing!

[Dave Lehnert]

Just another one to look at.

http://www.hartvilletool.com/category/1642