Modest efforts have been made to describe the mechanics of a cross-cutting handsaw sawing through a piece of wood. A small number of studies, e.g. Hirata and Ohta 2006, Naylor et al. 2011 and Naylor 2014, have been identified in which an unambiguous connection to handsaws is found. In these, the focus has primarily been on investigating the impact of a single tooth. A significant part in designing handsaw parameters, such as tooth geometry and setting pattern, seems to have occurred through a process of learning by doing. Such approaches, however, have failed to address the basic understanding of force distribution and surface conditions for sawing with bevelled handsaw teeth. The experiment conducted for this paper aimed to determine whether the setting pattern significantly affects the performance of cross-cutting handsaws.
Keywords: handsaw, cutting force, set pattern
Authors
Daniel Mellqvist
Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, Faculty of Technology, Linnaeus University, Sweden
Jimmy Johansson
Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, Faculty of Technology, Linnaeus University, Sweden
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