I don’t have a bandsaw or any other machine for cutting curves and I would like to stick with handtools anyway. How do I accurately and cleanly cut curves by hand? What tools should I use and what techniques should I follow?
Thomas
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Hi,
Well it depends upon what size curves you want to cut. It also depends a little on your tooling. You could go out and find a foot treadle scroll saw and do a bunch of sawing with that. Failing that bit of machinery history, you could use a jeweler's saw for very tight curves, a coping saw for pretty tight curves, and finally a bowsaw for gentle curves. With a small blade though on that bowsaw you can make pretty small cuts. They all operate on the same principle of tensioning a blade between two points. The easiest to find will be a coping saw. Get a package of blades as you might break a few as you learn how to cut with it. Have fun.
Gary Rogowski
http://www.northwestwoodworking.com
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