Another Saw Question... smaller rip/resawing

Thats a toughie. How do you feel about one of these saws?

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ITnerd, that’s the one I was calling a resawing saw ;)

Would a bow saw work better than a smaller rip saw?

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What I was referring to was a frame saw. Doing a little more research I found a couple of different versions of something called a frame saw.

I also found a link to a Woodwright’s Shop Episode:
http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/video/2800/2810.html

I’m not (yet) looking at doing large amounts or large pieces of resawn work so it looks like a higher TPT rip saw might just do the trick.

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I not familiar with the book and you didn’t ay how long or how wide the material is that you need. If it is just a few feet and the material is only 6” wide or so I would say grab that Disston and go to it. Wax the saw have a couple of wedges to stick in the kerf behind the saw if needed. Your going to be doing some handsaw work in the future if you stay with woodworking so it will be a confidence builder for all of those tenons that are in your future.

-- Jim, Missouri

I would use a bow saw. You can make your own in a few hours
and they work well for ripping with an appropriate blade.

That frame saw might even work better as you could use
both hands on it easier.

Loren, only problem is that then I’d have another project to do before I start my learning projects :/

Going to get all 5/4 stock I think because the handle of the square calls for 4/4. Then I’m thinking about planing down that stock to get to the 1/2” and trying resawing to get down to the 1/4”. Don’t know if that’s the best thing to do but it kinda makes sense to me.

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Greetings…I’d recommend this…its easy with an rip saw. No need to get another tool…

http://thesawblog.com/?p=177

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The SawWright, that’s exactly what I needed. Thanks. I was worried about the coarseness of the D8 but with the operation as you described it I can see where I could keep it self tracking.

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