| Like the spokeshave, this tool is very useful to the | | | | don't rotate easily when the saw is tensioned up. A |
| chairmaker. Some people like them, some hate them. | | | | range of blades is available, but only the narrow one |
| Evening classes have made me aware of this. | | | | is for curve cutting, the others allow you to cross |
| I feel that I'm in a corner when asked: "Do I have to | | | | cut or rip with a big limitation imposed by the central |
| use this thing?" | | | | strut - the "throat" is only 120mm. |
| If "People use them a lot more on the Continent" | | | | Steering the blade or coming back on line is easier |
| hasn't worked, and "Do you know how much a good | | | | said than done. Don't try it using the middle of the |
| bandsaw costs?" hasn't worked either; feeling that it | | | | blade - use the ends, cut near the handle while taking |
| is unreasonable to expect to learn a skill like this in | | | | any pressure off the saw. Just run the saw back and |
| half-an-hour, I usually mutter something about how | | | | fore in the groove putting turning pressure on the |
| it's another hand tool skill to add to the list, another | | | | handle. |
| experience of wood cutting; maybe never to be | | | | Make sure the teeth are away from you so that you |
| repeated, but still valuable none the less. They are | | | | are cutting on the push stroke. |
| very patient with me. | | | | It's boring I know! But, practice makes perfect! The |
| The ECE bowsaw is about the right size for me; it | | | | bowsaw will reward patience and a good bandsaw is |
| takes a 600mm blade, is well made and the handles | | | | expensive. |