I have had the parts for this Gramercy Turning saw laying around for about one year. I bought the handles, brace blade holders and an assortment of blades from Tools for Working Wood in Brooklyn New York.. 12 " Bow Saw. I dont have pictures of the inital shaping, but there are certainly many posts on doing the shaping process throughout the WWW. Shannon Roger's blog has an excellent video on the construction and shaping. Bow Saw Build. Note click on any image to enlarge.
Here is the parts lay out after some of the initial shaping was completed. The wood is persimmon, I had some of it laying around and had read that it was hard ebony like material. It worked beautifully with hand tools:
Lay out after tenons have been cut and finished and beginning the refining of the stretcher:
Ripping some stock to fashion the toggle:
Further refinement and shaping:
Test cut, I used 60 pound test braided fishing line for the twine:
Mama bow and baby bow:
Here is the parts lay out after some of the initial shaping was completed. The wood is persimmon, I had some of it laying around and had read that it was hard ebony like material. It worked beautifully with hand tools:
Refining the shape of the arms of the saw:
Laying out the tenons:
Cutting the Tenons:
Lay out after tenons have been cut and finished and beginning the refining of the stretcher:
Ripping some stock to fashion the toggle:
Refining the shape of the toggle:
Further refinement and shaping:
Dry fit of parts after shaping:
Test cut, I used 60 pound test braided fishing line for the twine:
Finished after a few coats of Teak Oil and Wax, quite happy with the result:
Mama bow and baby bow:
