Your rounded & octagonal knob design is so beautiful, it marries geometry so elegantly.

The variety and progression in your work is genuinely admirable. It's not often you see makers on here producing both shop and house furniture with hand-carving and inlaying in styles ranging from Modern to Shaker to Queen Anne. Your videos are always enjoyable because of it. I recognise that handle design from Skelton's Gent saw. After handling it, could you imagine choosing to use that style of dovetail/small parts saw over the usual pistol grip? Keep up the great work!

Great Job!

Great job and looks aesthetically pleasing

@GillisBjork

2 күн бұрын

Many thanks!

I've had that kit sitting on a shelf for three years now. Thanks for the impetus to get around to finally making it! Beautiful work.

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Nice, good luck with the build, and thanks!

Great job, your saw has that little extra and that shows!

@GillisBjork

26 күн бұрын

Thank you!

I love how elegantly you always manage to combine form and function.

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

A very beautiful tool. Love your videos, thanks for posting them.

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, I’m glad you’re enjoying them!

Very well done. Thanks for sharing it.

@GillisBjork

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

It's so satisfying to use selfmade great tools. And such a bowsaw is a beauty: sinuous curves, the beam's rib, the slightly rounded front knob… just great! And its size is the right mid-range. Thank you for sharing your lovely and inspiring videos.

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, Paolo!

Beautiful work!

What a great video! Thanks for sharing. I really enjoy your channel, always look forward to you uploading what you're working on.

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Cheers, that makes me very happy!

@chrispayne673

5 ай бұрын

Agreed, I always come check this chanel for a new video. Some of the best hand tool craftsmanship on the internet IMO.

Thanks Gillis well thought out and executed some how it's smaller than i thought it was going to be but very useful

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Cheers friend, yeah the size is quite convenient :)

Good job Gill 👏

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Wow. When you demo’d the cut those are amazingly tight curves. 👍

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

It does what it’s supposed to do! Thanks :)

Come sempre ottimo lavoro, finiture eccellenti e accordi al attrezzo. Saluti dall'Italia!

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

Handsome saw. Beautifully crafted. Thank you

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

I always use a push stroke when using coping saws, I have never used a bow saw yet

That’s a good looking saw 👍🏻

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Excellent job, Sir.👍👍 I made a frame saw some years ago for cutting green wood. Getting the mortise and tenons just right to allow for blade tensioning was my tricky part.

Not a criticism: are you worried about the amount of grain runout on both the arms? I love your channel so much, man. One of the best small woodworking channels out there.

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Very valid question. I think it should be fine for a saw this small, it doesn’t take a lot of tension to keep this thin blade taut. For a larger saw, it’s definitely something to consider. Also worth noting, I used flatsawn wood for the arms, so the growth rings are in line with the tension; not sure how much that matters here, but I did it because it is traditionally done on axe handles and such, the idea being that it is less likely to split if the force goes in line with the growth rings. So the cathedral pattern on flatsawn boards makes the runout look much worse than it is!

Great video Gillis. I prefer to change blade direction on the pull stroke. I guess it just feels more natural to me.

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! That’s fair!

Beautiful

@GillisBjork

4 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

Thanks

Great saw 👍

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Very nice.

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Absolutely gorgeous! I love the shapes on all the pieces. Very pleasing.

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Many many thanks!

Beautiful. Love watching you sculpt wood and handle tools . Thank you for the reference for the saw kit source too.. I have a new place to shop now..

@user-xf3lt7nk5f

5 ай бұрын

I did a quick search and could not find that kit. Do you happen to have a link or description that will take me there? Thank you.

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

Your shop really looked cold at the opening of the video. Nice saw, I made one years ago, but haven’t used it since I made it (I have a bandsaw).

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

It was pretty cold, true! Thanks, and that is understandable!

Ash lines look amazing with the curves! I like the pull stroke only for coping saw, because it's so thin, and flexible, everything else push

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a bunch! That’s fair, I use pull stroke on my smallest coping saw too.

No doubt about it, you are brilliant. Thank you

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot, that’s too kind!

Stunning turning saw, dude! Really amazing work!!! 😃 I need to find a kit like that to buy! But my options are limited, so... 😬 (I'm from Brazil and or I find it locally or from China. Buying from other places is difficult, because of the shipping costs. 😕) Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Yeah, this type of saw really requires a kit unfortunately, or blades at least. A bigger turning saw can be made from a length of bandsaw blade though, maybe more accessible?

@MCsCreations

5 ай бұрын

@@GillisBjork Yeah, that's a possibility indeed. I'm going to search about it, thanks! 😊

Great video like always! You have really encouraged me to make my own bowsaw. Greatings from Poland!

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thanks!

I use mine mostly on the pull stroke. I made one like 20 years ago, with some butcher saw blade. I used ash for the frame and turned dogwood handles. The hardware was just brass bar stock with slots cut with a hacksaw. I like your octagonal layout, and will practice it a bit so I'll remember!

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Nice, thanks for sharing that and I’m glad the octagons gave you ideas!

Looks fantastic Gillis, thanks for the video! I’d like to make one too now.

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, glad I could inspire you to make one!

Props for working in the cold shop! :D I really like your design, especially the handle! Unique and beautiful! I think I will make something like that for a file. Got some nice hornbeam laying around in the shop. I made a similar saw last year from scraps. Used an old tool handle and a door knob for the handles. Ugly but practical :D I only bought the blades and used a 6 mm brass rod for the tangs. Secured it to the handles with small nails through the sides, much like your large turning saw if I watched it correctly. I wanted a more traditional method than epoxy :D The grooves in the toggle are also very clever. I did it in a more complicated manner. There's a nut with a mortise in which the toggle can slide. That also allows for half turns. Is that natural cordage you are using? I already ripped my cord a few times with too much tension. It's an awesome tool and extremely fast to make. I think it only took me about an hour for the functional parts. Only the shaping and refining of the arms took quite a while. Kind regards and looking forward to your next videos!

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the compliments and for sharing that! I thought about the sliding toggle in a nut actually, it does seem practical, but conserving weight was a priority this time as I wanted something quite nimble. I don’t know what kind of cord it is unfortunately, something I’ve had laying around for a long time!

Very nice! Now go ahead and sign it!!!

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Ah yeah, guess I should, I always forget that😅

Great structure and shaped, but I'm always afraid of this tight tensioning method. I'm scared it might accidentally trigger and release.😅

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Ah, yes that could be painful, but it seems quite safe, been used for hundreds of years after all😄 I thought about a long threaded rod with wingnuts, but went with string for the lighter weight. Either way works though!

Good job Gillis! Have you planned on putting some finish on it?

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will probably wax it when the weather warms up a bit, the cold makes it unnecessarily difficult to apply

Push saw

A very nice saw, well done! Do you plan on putting a finish on the wood?

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will probably wax it when the weather warms up a bit and allows it!

Oh, nice turning saw. I have the blades for building one in a box somewhere. And I did already make a frame saw with a 3mm tooth pitch, supposedly a crosscut but the teeth did not seem to have any fleem to them from the factory. It really cuts nice though and makes me wonder if there is any space for backed saws in my shop... Also, did you do the 13:37 duration on purpose?

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cool, yeah you could probably have a fully functional shop with nothing but frame saws! Haha it was not on purpose, I only noticed the perfect video length after it had rendered actually😄

Excellent result, I keep meaning to make myself one. What was the name of the company that provided the blade and pins?

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! They go by Gramercy Tools, or Tools for working wood, haven’t really understood if it’s the same company but googling either name should bring them up.

@ricos1497

5 ай бұрын

@@GillisBjork thanks, I had never heard of them before. I'm in the UK, so will see what their shipping costs are like!

You are a badass carpenter! How many hours did it take you out of interest?

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Haha thank you! About 10 hours.

Tjusig såg! Jag har precis påbörjat den här hobbyn, och jag märker att jag saknar en hel del verktyg och consumables. Vart fann du dina skölpar och epoxyn? Och inte minst, vart finner du ditt virke? Allt gott!

@GillisBjork

5 ай бұрын

Tack! Aha, spännande! Skölparna är loppisfynd, tycker ofta de bästa verktygen hittas på loppisar och tradera. Epoxy som den jag använde här finns på Clas Olsson! Virke är nog det svåraste, många brädgårdar säljer bara till företag, och man vill ju hitta nåt ganska lokalt, beställa på nätet är ingen höjdare för man vet inte exakt vad man får. Jag har hittills handlat på plats hos Massivträdesign och Abi-trä, och beställt från Calexico wood.

@fillzone

5 ай бұрын

Tack för svaret. Några googlingar har lett mig till Calexico. Är du nöjd med de köpen du gjort på nätet, från de nämnda företagen? @@GillisBjork

where to order the correct length blade ?

@GillisBjork

3 ай бұрын

I bought it from Fine-tools in Germany, it is made by Gramercy/Tools for working wood

@jkhippie5929

3 ай бұрын

Thank you and great video, I can't wait to get mine done.