Talk:Frame saw

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Bow saw?

How is this different from the bow saw? Make the distinction clear in the article or consider merge. Kortoso (talk) 20:36, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

There are so many reasons why they're different: because multiple RS refer to them as separate devices, because they're used for different purposes, but the main one is that a frame saw has a frame. This is a rigid frame which allows a saw blade to be tensioned against it. A bow saw doesn't have a rigid frame, it has a stick with a loose lever balanced at each end, tensioned by a string windlass. Release the tension on a bow saw and the three pieces fall apart. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:34, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Categorisation of structurally-similar saws

(Cross-posting to all relevant talk pages).

I've noticed some inconsistencies in how Wikipedia categorises several saws with similar designs.

The articles Coping saw and Fretsaw both describe their subjects as a type of bow saw. The Bow saw article however is describing a specific type of saw (which may or may not be the same thing as a Bucksaw), rather than a general category that would include coping saws and fretsaws. Both the bow saw and bucksaw articles describe their subjects as a type of frame saw. But again, the Frame saw article seems to be describing a specific design of saw, not a general category that would include bow saws, fretsaws, or coping saws. Additionally, there are the articles on Hacksaw and Piercing saw, which don't assign their subjects to a broader category, but presumably ought to once we have worked out what the general term for all these types of saw is.

I'm not sufficiently knowledgeable the categorization of saw to fix this myself, so I'm posting this here in the hope that someone who is can do so. Iapetus (talk) 17:05, 29 August 2025 (UTC)