And now I understand, from that earlier image, why it was called a drag saw. It cut only on the drag movement, not the push movement. Unlike the man-powered saws that cut both directions.
These look like the trees in our family photo. They are fir, but not very big fir.
Any idea where the photo was taken?
spinsur
looks like middle mountain in background, maybe from Dee? are ya sure it doesn’t cut both ways, the teeth and rakers look symmetrical to me.
l.e.
No, I’m not sure. Maybe we aren’t looking at a drag saw.
Paul Kollas
You can watch them in operation on you–tube. Pretty clearly shows the chips popping out on both sides of the log….
pk
l.e.
It might just be me Arthur, but the link to the previous photo doesn’t work.
spinsur
worked for me l.e.
l.e.
Thanks spinsur. Probably some setting on my new mac.
I looked up Vaughan Drag Saw that Jeffrey refers to in the previous photo. The blade looks the same and the article says the teeth were designed to cut on the drag stroke. I watched a Vaughan saw on You tube and I think more chips came out the back than the front. So, personally, I am convinced it is a drag saw, but who knows. What ever it is, it probably was a beast to run.
Stanley Becktold
The key is to look at the rakers. Half rake one way and the other half are opposite. Crosscut saws have split rakers. There is an eccentric on the pivot end of the saw guide which tips the blade up or down depending on the direction which allows the rakers to work. Mine definitely cuts both directions.
l.e.
And now I understand, from that earlier image, why it was called a drag saw.
It cut only on the drag movement, not the push movement.
Unlike the man-powered saws that cut both directions.
These look like the trees in our family photo. They are fir, but not very big fir.
Any idea where the photo was taken?
spinsur
looks like middle mountain in background, maybe from Dee? are ya sure it doesn’t cut both ways, the teeth and rakers look symmetrical to me.
l.e.
No, I’m not sure.
Maybe we aren’t looking at a drag saw.
Paul Kollas
You can watch them in operation on you–tube. Pretty clearly shows the chips popping out on both sides of the log….
pk
l.e.
It might just be me Arthur, but the link to the previous photo doesn’t work.
spinsur
worked for me l.e.
l.e.
Thanks spinsur. Probably some setting on my new mac.
I looked up Vaughan Drag Saw that Jeffrey refers to in the previous photo.
The blade looks the same and the article says the teeth were designed to cut on the drag stroke.
I watched a Vaughan saw on You tube and I think more chips came out the back than the front.
So, personally, I am convinced it is a drag saw, but who knows.
What ever it is, it probably was a beast to run.
Stanley Becktold
The key is to look at the rakers. Half rake one way and the other half are opposite. Crosscut saws have split rakers. There is an eccentric on the pivot end of the saw guide which tips the blade up or down depending on the direction which allows the rakers to work. Mine definitely cuts both directions.