Sawing

Sawing

At Ballangen Museum, Per Henrik Mørk, is contructing a model of the laundry for the mining company. This is a scaled miniature model, based on images and contruction maps provided. Thus the peaces that make the model is small, and Per Henrik uses different types of sawing technuqies with saws in different types and shapes. Most of the material he saws is of wood, some is other material.

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Mainly maintenance of building, artifacts or other items where one needs to use this tool.

Sawing first and foremost require safety measures. And of course precicion both when measuring and cutting the material in question.

Sawing can be learned at school, and as Per Henrik as metioned many times, a skilled that is self trained or tranfered between people.

Almost anyone can learn the skill of sawing.

If we look past the professional side of this, sawing and this type of precition work one often find in volunteer communities. They often do maintenance of historical buildings and community houses. Where this skills is useful. And as Per Henrik, constructs artifacts and models.

The biggest change here is probably related to electricity and the ability to use sawing machines, in stead of manual labour.

Schools and workplaces of contruction, maintenance and thus alike.

Museums and other community centres where sawing is a part of the work or intangible heritage work.

Deterioration of material

Use of modern materials

Aged practitioners,Diminishing youth interest

Loss of knowledge,Material shortage

For a long time, the community in Ballangen existed because of the mining industry. Hence, mining history is the main theme of the museum. Through the lens of a unique collection of objects, you get an insight into the former heyday of this community, its cultural events, schooling and everyday life. The museum is housed in the old administration building of the mining company Bjørkaasen Gruber, built in 1919. Even the building itself is worth a visit.

A saw comes in many types and different shapes. The essence is the blade, usually made of methal. Wheras the rest of the body depend on what type of say it is.

Sawing is traditionally thought of mens work. Today carpenter profession is still more dominated by men.

Both yes and no. The original saw is quite simple, but the new machines can be quite complex and consist of material which is not renewable such as electronical parts and other materials made from elements.

It depends on the user. It we are looking at companies, or if we are looking in the landscape of voluntary work.

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