Object number
61/191
Description
This is a frame saw, or felloe saw, used for cutting along curved lines. The piece of wood to be sawn was fixed at an upward slant or horizontally in a bench vice and the workman grasped the saw by its two handles and sawed up and down with the teeth held away from him. This saw was used by the donor, a carpenter and cabinet maker, at Kidlington, Oxfordshire.
Physical description
1 saw: metal
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten catalogue' form – 'SAW (FELLOE) // [pencil sketch] // ash', Letter, J. C. Pope to MERL, 24 March 1961 - 'A workshop of which I have been the tenant for some years is shortly to be sold... // There are some wheelwrights' + other tools which I think may be of interest to you.'
Production date
1900-01-01 - 1949-12-31
Production period
Twentieth century, first half
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Associated subject
Associated person/institution
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_3833.tif - High resolution image