Saw, bow
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TUBULAR
- DATE
- 1938–1948
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0029.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Sandvik Canadian Ltd.
- MODEL
- 22
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL FRAME & BLADE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 132.0 cm
- Width
- 37.0 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Forestry
- Category
- Harvesting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Sandvik
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
THE SWEDE SAW PUT THE PULPWOOD INDUSTRY WHERE IT IS TODAY BUT HAS NOW BEEN SUPPLAINTED BY THE CHAIN SAW. - Function
-
A BOW OR SWEDISH SAW CONSISTS OF A SAW BLADE 24 TO 36 INCHES LONG, HELD UNDER TENSION IN A TUBULAR STEEL BOW. THE BLADE IS 3/4 TO 1 INCH WIDE, WITH PLAIN, RAKER OR GROUPED PEG TEETH. THIS SAW HAS RAKER TEETH. USED TO CUT PULPWOOD & WAS THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL SAW FOR THAT PURPOSE. - Technical
-
MODERN TUBULAR BOW SAWS ARE OFTEN OVAL IN CROSS SECTION WITH THE BLADE TENSIONED BY LEVER ACTION. THEY ARE USED FOR GENERAL FARM WORK, FORESTRY & CUTTING UP FIREWOOD. THIS SAW, WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED SINCE 1914, IS A MODERN REVERSION TO THE IRON AGE BOW SAW WHICH WAS HELD IN A BENT WOODEN FRAME. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- YELLOW DECAL READING 'NO.27' & 'SANDVIK/ CANADIAN LIMITED/ MONTREAL/ QUE'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- FRAME PAINTED ORANGE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Sandvik Canadian Ltd., Saw, bow, between 1938–1948, Artifact no. 1985.0029, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0029.001/
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