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2. Bandsaw - Wikipedia

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   A bandsaw (also written band saw) is a power saw with a long, sharp blade consisting of a continuous band of toothed metal stretched between two or more wheels to cut material. They are used principally in woodworking , metalworking , and lumbering , but may cut a variety of materials.

3. List of timber framing tools - Wikipedia

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   Whipsaw types of rip saws used in the conversion of logs into timbers in a saw pit; felling, carpenter's, and broad axes are used in hewing. Sawmill; Wood splitting, also called riving uses wedges, splitting mauls, and/or froes. Historically most timbers were used green but some went through a process of wood drying using some tools and equipment.

4. Frame saw - Wikipedia

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   The frame pit saw was the mainstay of resawing before stiff, unframed two-man saws called a muley or mulay saw, circular saws, and band saws took over. In some early sawmills a frame saw was powered from a water wheel , wind mill or other rotary motion through a crankshaft and connecting rod.

5. Glossary of woodworking - Wikipedia

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   A short, straight cut made at a right angle to a curved layout so that sharper-than-normal curves can be cut with a jig saw or band saw. riffler A paddle-shaped rasp. rift sawn Rip-sawing of lumber perpendicular to the grain, often confused with quarter-sawn. ring shake A natural type of split (shake) occurring between the annual growth rings. rip

6. Portable sawmill - Wikipedia

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   More recently, with the invention of the Wood-Mizer in 1982, [3] portable bandsaw mills represented a dramatic shift in design. Unlike traditional mills, they used a thin-kerf blade of the type used on a band saw rather than a circular blade, which reduced weight and cost, and reduced the size and weight of the bearings and support blocks. The ...

7. Saw - Wikipedia

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   Pendulum saw or "swing saw": a saw hung on a swinging arm, for the rough cross cutting of wood in a sawmill and for cutting ice out of a frozen river. Abrasive saw : a circular or reciprocating saw-like tool with an abrasive disc rather than a toothed blade, commonly used for cutting very hard materials.