Post by Sicilianhunter on Sept 28, 2020 17:50:35 GMT -7
After seeing an example of a small take-down buck saw made by BlackHand and inquiring with him about dimensions and such I decided to have a go at making my own.
Due to the lack of hardwood trees within easy access I chose to go with dimensional oak lumber.
The saw blade I chose was the same size as BlackHand’s but given a second chance I might have made it a little longer than 12”.
In addition I wasn’t happy with the quality of the blade I bought off of Amazon either as the teeth were not the type you see on most bow saws and all of them were triangular without being interspersed with that forked tooth.
I started out with 1 1/2” x 3/4” oak stock.
I did the math starting with the blade and factoring around the holes in the blade that would secure it to the frame.
I centered them in the lower ends of the 2 uprights and positioned the blade flush with the bottom edge.
The cross piece was my biggest concern because of how I would remove the material to make a mortised joint of both ends that needed to fit into the socketed holes of the uprights.
I used a craft saw to do so and drilled a series of holes in the uprights at the appropriate points, cleaned the holes out with pointed handsaw blade.
I drilled the holes in the bottoms of the uprights and cut the slot to accommodate the blade.
After some fitting, I cut notches in the top of the uprights for the tensioning cord, made a small windlass out of scrap wood and I was in business!!
I tested it and it seemed to work just fine on a branch in the backyard.
I took it out out on a period hunt recently and it had some tension troubles and the jute tension cord failed.
When I got home I used a round rasp and gave the sockets in the uprights more play, changed to a doubled sisal tension cord and all is well!!!
Due to the lack of hardwood trees within easy access I chose to go with dimensional oak lumber.
The saw blade I chose was the same size as BlackHand’s but given a second chance I might have made it a little longer than 12”.
In addition I wasn’t happy with the quality of the blade I bought off of Amazon either as the teeth were not the type you see on most bow saws and all of them were triangular without being interspersed with that forked tooth.
I started out with 1 1/2” x 3/4” oak stock.
I did the math starting with the blade and factoring around the holes in the blade that would secure it to the frame.
I centered them in the lower ends of the 2 uprights and positioned the blade flush with the bottom edge.
The cross piece was my biggest concern because of how I would remove the material to make a mortised joint of both ends that needed to fit into the socketed holes of the uprights.
I used a craft saw to do so and drilled a series of holes in the uprights at the appropriate points, cleaned the holes out with pointed handsaw blade.
I drilled the holes in the bottoms of the uprights and cut the slot to accommodate the blade.
After some fitting, I cut notches in the top of the uprights for the tensioning cord, made a small windlass out of scrap wood and I was in business!!
I tested it and it seemed to work just fine on a branch in the backyard.
I took it out out on a period hunt recently and it had some tension troubles and the jute tension cord failed.
When I got home I used a round rasp and gave the sockets in the uprights more play, changed to a doubled sisal tension cord and all is well!!!