Saw Skills

Saw Skills Practice Requires Adult Supervision

Saw

A saw will make quick work of cutting up firewood or wood for pioneering. 

Note: folding saws are designed to be pulled. Pushing a tempered saw blade can cause it to bend or snap

Bow Saws are designed to cut while pushing and have more support than folding saws.  

Skills List

• Pull Saw with Folding Saw

• Saw with Bow Saw

• Open and Close a Folding Saw without drawing blood

• Assembling and Disassembling a Bow Saw

Pull Saws

Pull Saws are designed to be - you probably have already guessed - to be pulled.  Pushing a pull saw forcefully to saw can brake the blade and doesn't work very well because of the way the teeth are sharpened.

Cable Saws

Cable Saws are much easier to use if you make a handle for them.  Consider constructing a Sapling Bowsaw or a Bucksaw. 

Resources

• Scout Skills Use of Axes and Saws INFORMATION SHEET

  • scouts.org.uk - Using axes and saws safely