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  • Thumbnail for Frame saw
    open pit saw which resembled a large hand saw with no frame, a till for a handle at the top and a box for a lower handle. This form of pit saw is still...
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    A saw pit or sawpit is a pit over which timber is positioned to be sawed with a long two-handled saw, usually a whipsaw, by two people, one standing above...
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  • each end or a frame saw. A pit-saw was also sometimes known as a whipsaw. It took 2-4 people to operate. A "pit-man" stood in the pit, a "top-man" stood...
    33 KB (4,829 words) - 21:38, 11 May 2024
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    Whipsaw (redirect from Pit saw)
    originally a type of saw used in a saw pit, and consisted of a narrow blade held rigid by a frame and called a frame saw or sash saw (see illustrations)...
    3 KB (357 words) - 12:05, 9 May 2023
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    using a pit saw or using powered saws in a sawmill using an up-and-down saw with a reciprocating motion. The rotary nature of the circular saw requires...
    16 KB (2,196 words) - 13:50, 4 May 2024
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    flush with a surface. Oga A large two-person pit saw used for ripping large boards in the days before power saws. One person stood on a raised platform, with...
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  • Ripsaw (redirect from Rip-saw)
    basic types, the frame saw or a muley (mulay) saw which is similar to the hand powered pit saw. Some sawmills also use crosscut saws to cut boards and...
    3 KB (366 words) - 04:08, 23 February 2024
  • master), Darren Lynn Bousman (writer/director) (2005). The Traps of Saw II: The Needle Pit (DVD). Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Shapiro, Jessica (October 23...
    51 KB (5,406 words) - 14:17, 19 May 2024
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    Sawmill (redirect from Saw mill)
    often hand sawn by two men with a whipsaw, one above and another in a saw pit below. The earliest known mechanical mill is the Hierapolis sawmill, a...
    21 KB (2,520 words) - 07:17, 25 May 2024
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    Timber framing (German: Fachwerkbauweise) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures...
    91 KB (10,840 words) - 15:13, 18 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of Saw characters
    films: Saw (2004), Saw II (2005), Saw III (2006), Saw IV (2007), Saw V (2008), Saw VI (2009), Saw 3D (2010), Jigsaw (2017), Spiral (2021), and Saw X (2023)...
    176 KB (22,998 words) - 22:46, 22 May 2024
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    or crosscut saws on federally administered public lands. Bucksaw Hand saw Saw pit Two-man saw Underbucking "7771-2508-MTDC: Crosscut Saw Manual". fs.fed...
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    A pit-house (or pit house, pithouse) is a house built in the ground and used for shelter. Besides providing shelter from the most extreme of weather conditions...
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    saws are used by two persons, although they are of a different design. Saw pit Whipsaw "Misery Whips Still Here, Thank Goodness | Montana Senior News"...
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    International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival each year. Saw chain Saw pit Sharpening Two-man saw Watersaw Diamond tools Ice hotel Ice palace AFP (13 November 2008)...
    3 KB (243 words) - 10:09, 7 July 2023
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    Whipsaw types of rip saws used in the conversion of logs into timbers in a saw pit felling, carpenter's, and broad axes are used in hewing. Sawmill Wood splitting...
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  • Thumbnail for The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)
    The Pit and the Pendulum is a 1961 horror film directed by Roger Corman, starring Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, and Luana Anders. The screenplay...
    37 KB (4,850 words) - 21:44, 29 April 2024
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    logs were sawn using a two-person whipsaw, or pit-saw, using saddleblocks to hold the log, and a pit for the pitman who worked below. In 1420 the island...
    67 KB (7,858 words) - 05:59, 11 April 2024
  • the most improved, while another will be named the worst. Also, the time frame for Canada's Worst Handyman is much shorter, lasting only two weeks, as...
    73 KB (12,079 words) - 19:29, 29 March 2024
  • originally a type of saw used in a saw pit, and consisted of a narrow blade held rigid by a frame and called a frame saw or sash saw. Whipsaw may also refer...
    359 bytes (93 words) - 12:08, 9 May 2023
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