Quarter sawing or quartersawing is a woodworking process that produces quarter-sawn or quarter-cut boards in the rip cutting of logs into lumber. The resulting...

wood grain—or as part of the quarter sawing process. Leading to some confusion, the terms "rift sawing" and "quarter sawing" are interchanged between various...

Flat sawing, flitch sawing or plain sawing is a woodworking process that produces flat-cut or plain-cut boards of lumber. After an initial cut through...

maximum yield of useful pieces and therefore the greatest economy. Quarter sawing: This sawing method produces edge-grain or vertical grain lumber, in which...

saw is a type of saw used for making curved cuts known as compasses, particularly in confined spaces where a larger saw would not fit. Compass saws have...

patent 279780, Frederick L. Magaw, "CHAIN SAWING-MACHINE", published 1883-04-17, issued 1883-04-17  "Endless chain saw". Retrieved 21 September 2018. Wardrop...

Machinery Patents. Retrieved 27 June 2013. Pryibil, Paul. "Improvement in band sawing machines". Patent. Directory of American Tool and Machinery Patents. Retrieved...

Egyptian hieroglyphics exist depicting ancient woodworkers sawing boards into pieces. Ancient bow saws have been found in Japan. The cut patterns on ancient...

A keyhole saw (also called a pad saw, alligator saw, jab saw or drywall saw) is a long, narrow saw used for cutting small, often awkward features in various...

A ripsaw (or rip saw) is a wood saw that is specially designed for making a rip cut, a cut made parallel to the direction of the wood grain. The cutting...

sole plate. In addition, heavy-cast sole plate saws are somewhat better than pressed steel for sawing line control. To guide a jigsaw on curved cut, it...

demand more power than up-and-down saws and did not become practical for sawing timbers until they were powered by steam engines. They are either left or...

A coping saw is a type of bow saw used to cut intricate external shapes and interior cut-outs in woodworking or carpentry. It is widely used to cut moldings...

Japanese saw or nokogiri (鋸) is a type of saw used in woodworking and Japanese carpentry that cuts on the pull stroke, unlike most European saws that cut...

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...

all mitre saws are backsaws, and the electric mitre saw (or chop saw) has largely taken its place today. Tenon saw – a midsized backsaw. The saw derives...

dust) is a by-product or waste product of woodworking operations such as sawing, sanding, milling and routing. It is composed of very small chips of wood...

arm saw is a cutting machine consisting of a circular saw mounted on a sliding horizontal arm. Invented by Raymond DeWalt in 1922, the radial arm saw was...

is repeatedly run through a saw and much of the lumber has wood grain nearly parallel to the width of the boards. Quarter sawn and rift-sawn wood is more...

Death by sawing is the act of sawing or cutting a living person in half, either sagittally (usually midsagittally), or transversely. Different methods...

The fretsaw is a bow saw used for intricate cutting work which often incorporates tight curves. The tool takes its name from its use in fretwork. Although...

purposes, a frame saw may have other names. For converting logs into lumber, they are also called a pit-saw or whipsaw. For sawing veneer, they may simply...

furniture making and frames. Today, rubberwood is generally treated soon after sawing by pressurized immersion in boron preservative solution to diffuse the chemicals...

panel saw is any type of sawing machine that cuts sheets into sized parts. Panel saws can be vertical or horizontal. Typically, vertical saws take up...

sharpened Two men sawing lumber with a pitsaw, the log on trestles rather than over a saw pit Two types of hand-powered frame or sash saws A postcard of Chinese...

be cut at once. They were traditionally produced manually using a tenon saw and chisel, and fine cabinet makers still use these methods. Jigs can also...

now received a good proportion of its mahogany from Cuba. In the last quarter of the 18th century France began to use mahogany more widely; they had...

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...

Fine dust and chemicals are released when particleboard is machined (e.g., sawing or routing). Occupational exposure limits exist in many countries recognizing...

plain sawn, bastard-sawn, or sawn "through and through". edge grain: quarter-sawn or rift-sawn or straight-grained, and end grain: the grain of wood...