TraditionalTool
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What type of tension do you folks use on your carving saws?
I just got Steve Backus' video on carving a bear, and his chain is hanging about 1/2" - 1" off the bottom of the bar.
Is this how most of you folks have your saws setup? I'm not sure I have ever tried the chain that loose, when mine starts to slack even slightly I start to see sparks, so stop and add a little tension to take the slack out.
In follow up to the above question, if that is how you use your chain on your carving bar, do you focus only to use the very top of the bar when your cutting, so that the chain being used is inside the bar?
Regards,
TT
I just got Steve Backus' video on carving a bear, and his chain is hanging about 1/2" - 1" off the bottom of the bar.
Is this how most of you folks have your saws setup? I'm not sure I have ever tried the chain that loose, when mine starts to slack even slightly I start to see sparks, so stop and add a little tension to take the slack out.
In follow up to the above question, if that is how you use your chain on your carving bar, do you focus only to use the very top of the bar when your cutting, so that the chain being used is inside the bar?
Regards,
TT
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