This saw is part of the Hawley Collection and is on display as the centrepiece of the Giant Saw Wall in the Hawley Gallery at Kelham Island Museum. It was made in around 1930 and used by a firm in Cheshire to cut timber from tree trunks for thirty years.
The cutting teeth were attached separately between each gullet or semi-circular indent.
Saws like this were made in Sheffield and it serves as a clear illustration of the skill of edge tool manufacturers in the city in the past as well as today.
Giant Circular Saw in Hawley Gallery
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