This saw frame can’t replace experience or skill in piercing and sawing, but they often make blade placement and tension easier and are nice and light to use. 5. Green Lion Saw Why not try our Knew Concept jeweller’s saw frames? These jeweller’s saw frames are easy to use and excellently constructed to suit the user and various precious metals. Our lightweight jeweller’s saw frames provide you with better control and the ease to move and create intricate shapes in your jewellery designs. Perfect for working with metal, wax and stone, this is an all-purpose jewellery making tool that will make cutting and shaping materials much easier. Jeweller’s Piercing Saw Traditionally saw handles were made of wood but newer models come with rubber handles. If you are going to do a lot of sawing you may want to look at a rubber handle saw as it will be a little bit more comfortable to use. However if you only saw intermittently then you can get away with a wooden handle. 3. What the saw handle is made of Drill the hole. Start slowly making sure the drill bit has found its position. Once in position increase the speed and push down with a gentle but continuous pressure until all the way through. Sit at your bench with your saw frame supported between your chest and the edge of the bench or the ‘V’ of your bench peg. The wooden handle should face you and the blade clamps should be at the top of the frame.

Important note: Some of the new Swiss saw blades now have curved spines. This allows for increased manoeuvrability in tight areas whilst maintaining depth and strength to the blade. Teeth per CMAs with most tools, there are many different brands of saw blades to choose from, each boasting different qualities. Usually made from steel, strength and flexibility are key factors to consider when choosing the right saw blades for you, as they have a tendency to break quite easily.

As the name suggests, this is the number of teeth along 1cm of the blade. The large blades will have fewer teeth as they are larger. The finer blades will have more teeth but smaller. Pitch (one tooth) It is worth noting, that bench pins are available in a range of sizes and are sometimes supplied with a clamp, for clamping firmly to a bench. Are you looking for new saws for jewellery making? Whether you need a jewellers’ piercing saw to take your jewellery making to the next level, or you’ve identified a jeweller’s saw as a way to improve your current projects, you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for in the range at Cooksongold.

Above. Whilst pushing the frame against the bench peg, tighten the far end to secure the blade. Lubrication Your saw should be held in a vertical position with the blade facing forward, and you should be seated so that your working area is around mid-chest height. If you like working with a particular alloy, you might just want to know what size jeweller’s saw to use for it. So as a rule of thumb for deciding which jeweller’s saw blade sizes to go for, this is what we’d recommend:

The other big distinction is that a jewelers’ saw cuts on the pull stroke, the teeth point towards the handle. You must fit the blade correctly in this orientation. Fitting a bladeCredit subject to status and affordability. Terms and conditions apply. Axminster Tool Centre Ltd trading as Axminster Tools is a credit broker and is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Credit is provided by Novuna Personal Finance, a trading style of Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Financial Services Register no. 704348.

The fine blade is held in position by fastenings, at each end of the frame, tightened by wing nuts. With some piercing saws, it is possible to adjust the length of the frame, by loosening an adjusting nut, sliding the handle along the frame, followed by tightening the adjusting nut. The saws illustrated in our product range, have sliding adjustment to cope with differing blade lengths; this also enables the user to use the remainder of any broken blades. The sliding action of this feature is also used to tension the blade rather than the more normal method (described below) that is applied to fixed frames. Centre punch: A centre punch is also a steel marker with a sharp point similar to a scriber. It has a shallow tip and is used in conjunction with a hammer to mark the position for subsequent drill holes. It is also possible to get automatic centre punches which don’t require a hammer and instead have a push button action.

Jeweller's Saw Frames

For many generations, the classic jewelers’ saw hasn’t changed. A simple steel frame with a wooden handle. But new advances in modern metals and engineering processes have now brought the jewelers’ saw into the 21 st century. Pepetools in collaboration with Lion Punch Forge have recently launched the “Haymaker” jewelers’ saw. This features many refinements on the classic design and uses the latest materials to enhance this classic tool. The Haymaker frame is made from a special Aluminum alloy. This gives strength to the frame and provides tension to the blade. However, this space-age material is lightweight, resulting in a featherweight saw. This in turn makes for easier use and a much more intimate feel. You are much more in touch with the saw and how it is cutting. The handle is also made from Aluminum, precision machined for a smooth comfortable grip at any angle. The saw also features easy to use levers for clamping the saw blade. Finally, the whole saw comes finished in a beautiful anodized finish in a range of colors. Not only does this look cool, but it also provides a resilient protective finish to the saw. The jewellers saw is a must-have in the workshop, allowing you to easily cut metal wire and sheet, such as cutting D-shaped wire for making a ring band/bangle or cutting intricate shapes out of metal sheet. Once your design is scribed onto the metal, identify a position within the waste material to drill a suitable hole. Like a coping saw, a piercing saw holds the blade in tension in a metal frame. As the fine blades frequently break, the frame is adjustable for blade length to allow the re-use of broken pieces. The frame throat size can range from 50 to 200mm (2.0 to 7.9in). [1] [3] Firstly, why is it called a piercing saw? The saw can be used to cut pieces of metal from a sheet, saw tubes, rods, and wire. But unlike a regular saw the jewelers piercing saw can also be fed through a small hole drilled in a sheet. Hence the saw blade can “pierce” the metal and cut out shapes from the middle of the sheet.