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This saw is about 30" x 18" and made with some scrap sapele wood. I used 1/2 inch carriage bolts and 3/16 inch bolts, and I removed the zinc plating by soaking them in vinegar overnight. The blade comes from highlandwoodworking:
http://www.highlandwoodworking.com/continentalframesawroughcrosscutblade.aspx

I glued guides on the ends to keep the blade from twisting.

This saw makes it easy to rip thick slabs of wood into thinner boards if you don't have a band saw. So this saw should give me the ability to make boards or veneers. It is also nice to have a kerfing plane which cuts a groove all the way around the slab so that the frame saw has a guide, which is easier than trying to follow a scribe line.

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Nice saw..beautiful wood. I have never seen a saw like it before!!

Cheers, Jim
 

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I love the dove tail joints. I am curious what you plan to use this for?
 

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I needed a way to rip thick slabs of wood into thinner boards, and I don't have a band saw. So this saw should give me the ability to make boards. It is also nice to have a kerfing plane which cuts a groove all the way around the slab so that the frame saw has a guide, which is easier than trying to follow a scribe line.
 
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