- Length (saw blade): 385 mm
- VDE approved: No
- With safety colour code 1000V: Not applicable
Bow saws and hacksaw frames for metal and green wood
A bow saw holds a thin blade under tension inside a rigid frame, so the cut tracks straight and the blade will not buckle under load. In metalwork that frame is a hacksaw: it takes a 300 mm blade, tensions it by hand and cuts tube, bar, threaded rod and sheet where a powered saw cannot reach. A junior frame does the same job in a smaller body for pipework in service voids and cabinet interiors.
In green wood the tensioned blade clears sawdust fast and keeps cutting through wet fibre that would bind a panel saw. Judge a frame on its tensioning mechanism, blade clearance and grip. High tension is what actually delivers a square cut in thick section, adjustable blade angles let you turn the teeth through 90 degrees to work past an obstruction, and a moulded handle keeps control on a long stroke.
Replacement handles and brackets keep a good frame in service. For fine finishing cuts look at a hand saw, and for live timber at a pruning saw.
- Length (saw blade): 300 mm
- Non-sparking: No
- VDE approved: No
- Length (saw blade): 650 mm
- Non-sparking: No
- VDE approved: No
- Length (saw blade): 300 mm
- Non-sparking: No
- VDE approved: No
- Length (saw blade): 150 mm
- Non-sparking: No
- VDE approved: No
- Length (saw blade): 432 mm
- Non-sparking: No
- VDE approved: No
- Length (saw blade): 440 mm
- VDE approved: No
- With safety colour code 1000V: Not applicable
- Length (saw blade): 430 mm
- VDE approved: No
- With safety colour code 1000V: Not applicable
- Length (saw blade): 300 mm
- Non-sparking: No
- VDE approved: No
- Length (saw blade): 150 mm
- Non-sparking: No
- VDE approved: No
- Length (saw blade): 300 mm
- Non-sparking: No
- VDE approved: No
- Length (saw blade): 250 mm
- Non-sparking: No
- VDE approved: No
- Length (saw blade): 150 mm
- Non-sparking: No
- VDE approved: No
- Length (saw blade): 300 mm
- Non-sparking: No
- VDE approved: No
- Length (saw blade): 250 mm
- VDE approved: No
- For material: Metal
- Length (saw blade): 262 mm
- VDE approved: No
- With safety colour code 1000V: Not applicable
- Length (saw blade): 300 mm
- VDE approved: Yes
- With safety colour code 1000V: Yes
- Length (saw blade): 300 mm
- Non-sparking: No
- VDE approved: No
- Length (saw blade): 300 mm
- Non-sparking: No
- VDE approved: No
- Length (saw blade): 300 mm
- Non-sparking: No
- VDE approved: No