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| yamatetsu:
--- Quote from: Zebidee on January 03, 2024, 11:45:54 pm --- --- Quote from: yamatetsu on January 03, 2024, 04:56:17 pm ---Unfortunately this locking mechanism is a patented design and there's just one guy who produces those saws. --- End quote --- In that case, your guy has no incentive to improve the design's durability. --- End quote --- He doesn't need to. From what I have read, these saws are used in school classes for years without any issues. To be fair, I put more strain on the mechanism than I should. Here's a vid to shows you how the mechanism works (although he does it backwards) https://youtu.be/cQOuOUesNCI?t=179. Once you have used that, you never go back to fiddling with wingnuts. |
| Zebidee:
I now know much more about fretsaws than I did yesterday. I enjoy listening to Wuppertal talk about stuff, even though I don't understand most of it (maybe 2/10 words). |
| yamatetsu:
He gives a brief history of the fretsaw (has been around since the 16th century, was used to cut flowery ornaments/intarsia for furniture), tells us that each fretsaw consists of a grip, a bow and a blade, that most fretsaws use wingnuts to fasten the blade, that fretsaws come in different bow sizes (bigger board=bigger fretsaw needed). He then shows us the "Automatik Laubsägebogen" (the one I'm using now) and finally warns us not to buy cheap fretsaws at the flea market because those tend to have cheap metal plates in the locking mechanism that will warp after a few uses and then will not hold the blade any more. |
| yamatetsu:
"Norman Bates" 30,5 x 41,5cm, backer board 4mm, Norman 4mm Nice one. I love his warm smile and the mischievous twinkle in his eye. |
| yamatetsu:
"Gina" 35 x 47 cm, backer board 4mm, Gina 4mm A tribute to my dog, Gina. This one has a lot of fine details (which mostly can't be seen in the pic) and is too big for my saw, which resulted in tricky work and a healthy dose of frustration. Took three weeks to make and is absolutely worth it. |
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