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Chatting => Equipment Shed => Topic started by: savbo on December 30, 2011, 13:38

Title: changing a bow saw blade
Post by: savbo on December 30, 2011, 13:38

Hi all

V embarassing this - have just bought a replacement blade for an old Sandvik (now Bahco) 21" bow saw and realised the far end is fixed with a rivet...from pics on Amazon etc this looks to be standard rather than a modification - so how do you get the old blade off? Do you need a rivetter to put the new one on?

I used to change these quite often in my old BTCV days but I can't remember a propbem then, perhaps there was a threaded bolt then?

sav

Title: Re: changing a bow saw blade
Post by: Plot 6B on December 30, 2011, 13:48

Does it not have a quick release at the handle end?

Title: Re: changing a bow saw blade
Post by: savbo on December 30, 2011, 13:52

yes, it has the fold-down handle to release one end of the blade, it's the other end I can't figure out!

Title: Re: changing a bow saw blade
Post by: savbo on December 30, 2011, 13:56

DOH!!!

Serves me right for being to mean/green to turn shed light on, so I didn't see the rivet is small enough to pop out!

All sorted

(hangs head in shame...)

Title: Re: changing a bow saw blade
Post by: arugula on December 30, 2011, 14:00

At least it is sorted now.  :blink: You had me baffled there as we have both Dads' old Sandvik saws here and at work we sell the Bahco saws and replacement blades...

:D

Title: Re: changing a bow saw blade
Post by: savbo on December 30, 2011, 14:03

went for a cheap (£2.60) replacement rather then the real Bahco, but just cut through a log in about 5 secs where the old blade had just got stuck in the middle...lost its 'rake' perhaps?

big fan of sandvik/bahco though...love the 344 barracuda

(I sound like Eric from RIpping Yarns...)

Title: Re: changing a bow saw blade
Post by: Growster... on December 31, 2011, 05:20

The old boys round here used to sing the praises of Swedish blades for some reason!

Mine is still going strong after about 37 years, and I use it a lot!

Title: Re: changing a bow saw blade
Post by: Rangerkris on January 08, 2012, 07:07

(http://www.clarkforest.com/media/uploads/cat-401/silky-gomtaro-300-pruning-saws-full.jpg)   

I would challenge any bow saw with my silky Gomtaro 300 hahahaha, i use this when doing climbing jobs it works on the pull rather than the push. Super fantastic bit of kit but far from cheap.

Title: Re: changing a bow saw blade
Post by: mower man on February 02, 2012, 22:33

I second that statment

Silky are very best pruning saws anyone can buy