Frame Saw 中国锯 - Traditional Chinese Woodworking Tool

中国传统木工木匠的锯。In this video I show you how to make a traditional Chinese woodworking hand saw / frame saw. This is the second in a planned 7 video-series focusing on Chinese woodworking tools that are both traditional and different from European and English tools. Project 29.

DIY frame saw plate (https://youtu.be/aVWSBEx7Hto)

Checkout the links below where I show you how to make a variety of traditional Chinese woodworking tools.

How to make 7 traditional Chinese woodworking Tools:
1. Chinese hand plane 刨子 (https://youtu.be/9jrX-QHzhnM)
2. Chinese frame saw 锯 (https://youtu.be/33THmn0aHic)
3. Chinese dovetail Plane 燕尾刨 (https://youtu.be/11CTsG7u-ik)
4. Chinese Knife Saw 刀锯 (https://youtu.be/nTM2PtFrSEM)
5. Chinese cutting gauge 勒刀子 (https://youtu.be/-2XMqwVIDbY)
6. Chinese bevel gauge 活尺 (https://youtu.be/O9N8jvl2CTw)
7. Chinese styled half moon marking gauge 线勒子 (https://youtu.be/DixOOxuC3JM)
7b. Offset plate for easy layout of mortise and tenon (https://youtu.be/lIip-31IIZI)
7c. Foolproof Angled mortise and tenon with the half moon Chinese marking gauge and Offset Plate (https://youtu.be/-IkgvolZJmE)





Traditional Chinese frame saw by master Xing Quian Sheng (幸全生)
1of2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sjsXc1VTqk)
2of2(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0iNETS0myg)
3of3(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NghLEtO0WJU)

The next planned Chinese woodworking project (3of7) is a dovetail plane. Thank you for watching, I hope you enjoy it. Let me know if you have any questions.

John Z Zhu

@polywright
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