30cm LW H saws
Posted: Mon 15 Oct, 2012 4:14 pmnot a finished project but almost there...
I am posting this following a question from a member here about a saw I posted on Youtube.
That was the Little Ripper , it works but for small branches only.
So I thought of making a bigger version.
Because of the thin aluminium a larger scale version of that design did not work well so I opted for an H version.
The first is using aluminium , the blade is 30cm long and it is about 180g.
Relatively easy to assemble ,stores flat about 30 cm long and 2 cm thick.
The other version is using carbon Fiber so it is just over 110g at the moment.
I need to find a replacement for those wood plugs that hold the blade...
The Carbon fiber is from a broken trekking pole and an umbrella tube rescued from a rubbish bin.
The tubular version is easier to assemble (only 2 screws) to use and feels more solid.
Ideally the tube on one side should be bigger so that it slides over the other two making the stored size shorter.
These would be for the occasional user , the emphasis is Light Weight not indestructibility...
I am posting this following a question from a member here about a saw I posted on Youtube.
That was the Little Ripper , it works but for small branches only.
So I thought of making a bigger version.
Because of the thin aluminium a larger scale version of that design did not work well so I opted for an H version.
The first is using aluminium , the blade is 30cm long and it is about 180g.
Relatively easy to assemble ,stores flat about 30 cm long and 2 cm thick.
The other version is using carbon Fiber so it is just over 110g at the moment.
I need to find a replacement for those wood plugs that hold the blade...
The Carbon fiber is from a broken trekking pole and an umbrella tube rescued from a rubbish bin.
The tubular version is easier to assemble (only 2 screws) to use and feels more solid.
Ideally the tube on one side should be bigger so that it slides over the other two making the stored size shorter.
These would be for the occasional user , the emphasis is Light Weight not indestructibility...