simple past tense of plain saw

simple past tense of plain-saw

Alternative form of plain saw

To cut into boards using parallel cuts that are tangential to the growth rings.

A saw in which the blade has teeth with no pitch.

simple past tense of rift saw

simple past tense of rift-saw

Alternative form of rift saw

A circular saw with toothed arms for cutting logs radially.

To cut a log into boards by first quartering and then cutting radially at an angle of 30-60 degrees to the grain (as opposed to quartersaw, which involves cutting radially at an angle of 60-90 degrees).