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seesaw noun
A long plank balanced on a central fulcrum so that with a person riding on each end, one end goes up as the other goes down.
 

From a private letter

Hi Vitali,
Hope everything is going well!
> Sawed logs for the oven.

Do you use a chain saw to cut the wood?

>No, it was a two-handed crosscut saw
I have never used a 2 handed saw. So, if I understand what it is, your
father in-law would be on one end of the saw and you would be on the other
side of the saw and you both would work together pulling and pushing to cut
the wood...

Gonna go.

Write back soon!

Allen

log noun
A large section of a trunk of a fallen or felled tree.
stove noun
An apparatus for cooking or warmth in which electricity or a fuel is used.
 

circular saw noun
A power saw for cutting wood or metal consisting of a toothed disk rotated at high speed. Also called buzz saw.

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Glossary

scroll saw noun
A hand or power saw with a narrow ribbonlike blade for cutting curved or irregular shapes.

chain saw noun
A portable power saw with teeth linked in an endless chain.

band saw noun
A power saw used in woodworking, consisting essentially of a toothed metal band coupled to and continuously driven around the circumferences of two wheels.

jigsaw noun
A usually power-driven saw with a narrow vertical blade, used to cut sharp curves.

crosscut saw noun
A saw for cutting wood across the grain.

gang saw noun
A saw fitted with several blades for making simultaneous parallel cuts.

crown saw noun
A cylindrical saw with teeth on the bottom edge of the cylinder, used for cutting round holes.

saw log noun
A log of a size large enough to be sawed into boards.

saw set noun
An instrument used to give set to the teeth of a saw by bending each alternate tooth slightly outward.

fret saw noun
A long, narrow-bladed saw with fine teeth, used in making curved cuts in thin wood or metal.

scroll saw noun
A hand or power saw with a narrow ribbonlike blade for cutting curved or irregular shapes.

band saw noun
A power saw used in woodworking, consisting essentially of a toothed metal band coupled to and continuously driven around the circumferences of two wheels.

bow saw noun
A saw with a slender blade connected at each end to a narrow handle that curves outward like an archer's bow.

coping saw noun
A light handsaw with a slender blade stretched across a U-shaped frame, used for cutting designs in wood.

musical saw noun
Music.
A handsaw on which varying musical tones are produced by flexing the blade and stroking it with a violin bow or striking it with a hammer.

hacksaw noun
A saw consisting of a tough, fine-toothed blade stretched taut in a frame, used for cutting metal.

sawmill noun
1. A plant where timber is sawed into boards.
2. A large machine for sawing lumber.

handsaw noun
A small saw operated by one hand.

sawhorse noun
A frame with legs, used to support pieces of wood being sawed.

ripsaw noun
A coarse-toothed saw used for cutting wood along the grain.

backsaw noun
A saw that is reinforced by a metal band along its back edge.

sawdust noun
The small particles of wood or other material that fall from an object being sawed.

bucksaw noun
A woodcutting saw, usually set in an H-shaped frame.

pitsaw also pit saw noun
A large headsaw for cutting logs, operated jointly by a person standing above the log and another in a pit underneath.

whipsaw noun
A narrow two-person crosscut saw.
  



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