Object number
81/158
Description
A bow saw with at one end a length of ash, roughly one metre long, presumably allowing the saw to be suspended to give additional support.
This is a bow saw, a woodworking tool in which the saw blade is kept in strain by keeping the frame taut. This saw is made of ash, with a pine stretcher and an iron tensioning rod. At one end is a length of ash, roughly one metre long, presumably allowing the saw to be suspended to give additional support.
Physical description
1 saw: metal
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten accession’ form (Institute of Agricultural History) – ‘Standard museum name: Saw, Frame // Accession number: 81/158 // … // Recorder: DJE // Date: 2.12.1981 // Description: A frame saw with cheeks of ash, a stretcher of pine and an iron tensioning rod. // A piece of ash, roughly a metre long is connected to one end of the saw … presumably to allow the saw to be suspended to give additional support. // Dimensions: length of saw 99 cms // length of saw + rod 124.5 cms. // Associated information: no information particular to this item’
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