A friend made this bow saw in my workshop. Double stacked plywood frame, 1/8" galvanized wire threaded on one end for tensioning the 5/8" 3 TPI blade cut from a band saw blade.Bow Saw.jpg
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A friend made this bow saw in my workshop. Double stacked plywood frame, 1/8" galvanized wire threaded on one end for tensioning the 5/8" 3 TPI blade cut from a band saw blade.Bow Saw.jpg
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Jim that looks like a very practical ready to work bow saw. I am wondering how to make a hole in the band saw blade, is it to hard to drill? Do you think your friend will have any problems with the plywood frame? Seems like it should be strong. Just now thinking don't bow saw blades turn?
Last edited by william watts; 06-01-2016 at 9:54 PM.
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Yes he used 3/4" plywood double stacked to 1 1/2" thick. Should be plenty strong. He used my Whitney punch to make 1/4" holes in the band saw blade. It would be very hard to drill a hole in that hardened steel. Whitney punch is a sheet metal workers tool.
No PHD, but I have a DD 214
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