Inventarnummer
60/77
Beschreibung
The bow saw has a blade which can be adjusted to the angle of the cut desired, and is also known as the 'frame saw', 'sweep saw' or 'web saw'. The blade of the saw is kept in strain by a twisted cord which keeps the frame taut. This bow saw came from the workshop of Mr T. Harris at Witheridge Farm in Hailey, Oxfordshire. The blade originally had 97 teeth.
Physische Beschaffenheit
1 bow saw: metal [steel] & wood & string
Bestandsgeschichte
MERL miscellaneous note, Greta Bertram, 10 January 2013 – Mr T. Harris had a smithy at Witheridge Farm in Hailey, Oxfordshire. Upon his death in February 1960, his daughter, Mrs M. K. Fenn, donated a large number of his tools to the Museum. Mr Harris had previously donated a number of objects to the Museum in 1952 and 1956., MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Standard museum name: … // Accession number: … // Classification: … // Negative number: … // Acquisition method: … // Acquired from: … // Date: … // Store: … // Condition: … // Recorder: … // Date: … // Description: Saw blade, originally with 97 teeth, 3 now missing. Vertical pieces of wood at either end, one longer, into which the blade is slotted. Approximately half-way down is a (new) horizontal bar of wood, and at the bottom of each vertical a piece of string is attached, wrapped round twice. A piece of wood – a (new) slat – is placed in the string and turned lots of times until the string is very taut. The slat is then pulled off centre so that the horizontal wooden bar prevents it from unwinding. // Dimensions: Uprights 68cm & 52cm. Max width 80cm. Width of horizontal bar 4cm. Slat length 28cm. // Associated information: From the workshop of Mr. T. Harris, Witheridge Farm, Hailey, Witney. Donated by his daughter, Mrs. Fenn, after his death. // (1) The name frame saw… is applied in a general way to those saws, including the so called bow-saws, in which a narrow blade, known as a web, is stretched between the two points of attachment within a wood or metal frame… (b) Framed saws of the bow type in which the blade is held between the lower ends of wooden side-pieces and is kept in tension by the cantilever action exerted when the top ends of the side pieces are drawn together by a cord. For this purpose the cord is shortened by twisting it with a toggle-stick… The original purpose of the framed saw must have been to keep a narrow and relatively weak blade in tension & thus avoid buckling when in use. // References: (1) Dictionary of Tools used in the Woodworking and Allied Trades, c. 1700–1970: R.A. Salaman (George Allen & Unwin)'
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