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2. Two-man saw - Wikipedia

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   Two-man saws were known to the ancient Romans, but first became common in Europe in the mid-15th century. In America, crosscut saws were used as early as the mid-17th century, but felling saws only began to replace axes for felling trees in the late 19th century. [2] Some Japanese saws are used by two persons, although they are of a different ...

3. Crosscut saw - Wikipedia

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   A crosscut saw (thwart saw) is any saw designed for cutting wood perpendicular to (across) the wood grain. Crosscut saws may be small or large, with small teeth close together for fine work like woodworking or large for coarse work like log bucking, and can be a hand tool or power tool. The cutting edge of each tooth is angled in an alternating ...

4. List of timber framing tools - Wikipedia

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   Saw. Crosscut saws to cut timbers to length and in making joints. Japanese saws are special saws used in woodworking including timber framing; Axes were sometimes used to cut timbers to length and in joinery. Hatchet; Adzes are of many shapes and names. Framing Chisels are heavy duty. In Western carpentry common sizes are 1 1/2 and 2 inches wide.

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6. Aikenhead's Hardware - Wikipedia

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   In 1971 the Aikenhead family sold their chain to Molson, which later started a warehouse in 1991 to head off American chain The Home Depot. Molson sold their 75% stake to Home Depot in 1994, and it became the Canadian unit. [3] (Molson exited the hardware business with the sale of Beaver Lumber in 1999 to Home Hardware. Molson had acquired a ...

7. Hand saw - Wikipedia

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   [citation needed] However, a rip saw is much faster than a cross-cut saw when cutting with the grain but leaves a very rough cut, often with splinters on the surface, and has more difficulty maintaining a straight cut when cutting across the grain. The cross-cut saw can cut in any direction but is much slower than needs be when cutting with the ...