Mark Meckes
14th March 2001, 04:38 PM
These two tools do kind of the same thing, except that the Coping saw is a hand tool, and the Scroll Saw is the name used for electric powered version. ... Both tools can do scroll work.
I like to use the powered tool for fine work, because I find it is much faster, and I think I can do more intricate work, because I can use both hands (more fingers to hold small objects), while the machine does the cutting.
But the Scroll Saw makes a fearsome drdrdrdrdrdrrrrrrrr sound, while running, and when the blade breaks during cutting, the subsequent noise and rattle makes you want to jump out of your skin!
Now ... If I could only find a manufacturer who sells a ready-made, ergonomically designed, pedal or treadle powered Scroll Saw / Band Saw etc.
I do use the coping saw to do basic cuts, and when I'm not near a power source. I do some of my bamboo harvesting of poles (1 to 2 1/2 inches dia.) with the coping saw because it doesn't fray the edges of the cut.
The bottoms of the culms are special pieces for crafts.
Using a Coping Saw to do fine scroll work with bamboo requires practiced skills and dexterity. A fine toothed blade is required to avoid frayed edges, and special jigs are needed to hold the piece, and care not to strain the piece while cutting, or the bamboo might break in half along the grain while cutting.
~ Mark
I like to use the powered tool for fine work, because I find it is much faster, and I think I can do more intricate work, because I can use both hands (more fingers to hold small objects), while the machine does the cutting.
But the Scroll Saw makes a fearsome drdrdrdrdrdrrrrrrrr sound, while running, and when the blade breaks during cutting, the subsequent noise and rattle makes you want to jump out of your skin!
Now ... If I could only find a manufacturer who sells a ready-made, ergonomically designed, pedal or treadle powered Scroll Saw / Band Saw etc.
I do use the coping saw to do basic cuts, and when I'm not near a power source. I do some of my bamboo harvesting of poles (1 to 2 1/2 inches dia.) with the coping saw because it doesn't fray the edges of the cut.
The bottoms of the culms are special pieces for crafts.
Using a Coping Saw to do fine scroll work with bamboo requires practiced skills and dexterity. A fine toothed blade is required to avoid frayed edges, and special jigs are needed to hold the piece, and care not to strain the piece while cutting, or the bamboo might break in half along the grain while cutting.
~ Mark