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   Yitz | Nov 28, 2008 06:49am | #1

   Well...it kinda' looks like a table, but it definitely is a SAW!

   Great picture!

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   Lataxe | Nov 28, 2008 05:48pm | #2

   D,

   That is the saw belonging to Log-faced Bob who got it from Three-finger Eddie just before Ed was sucked into the chipper whilst trying to use it to peel a banana and drink his tea at the same time.

   Lataxe

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   heartwould | Nov 28, 2008 06:17pm | #3

   This could be a "before" picture of a saw that Sarge soon made into a super tuned, safe as anything wonder.

   Or . . . it is someone's dream waiting to become a nightmare.

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Nov 28, 2008 07:34pm | #5

   That's Giku's saw.. he dropped by latter and with a little scrap I had around the shop waiting to become functional... we got him fixed up before he took it back home to Asia where he is now mass producing them for the over-sea's market. The saw should be available soon and be christened the "kamikaze" saw or better known in Japan as the "divine wind" saw which there seems to be no lack of this fine morning after the holiday. ha.. ha... ha.. ha.. ha..

   Regards...

   Kodama... (wood spirit)

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   heartwould | Nov 28, 2008 07:40pm | #6

   Sarge, I was hoping you'd get a kick out that!  Best wishes for this fine Thanksgiving weekend!

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Nov 28, 2008 11:14pm | #8

   I did indeed get a kick out of it. My local hard-wood supplier has a 60" blade attached to a tractor motor with belts and pullies somewhat similar. But.. they also have a carriage the log rides on so the risk is minimal as it would be in the operation of this fella..

   Sarge..

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   knuts | Nov 28, 2008 11:26pm | #9

   We had one of those on the farm, but with a 36" blade.

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Nov 28, 2008 11:33pm | #10

   I used to see them often in the 50's around my local area as there was a large amount of pine trees taken down here in the south. Seemed as if you couldn't go 10 miles without seeing a saw-mill with what appeared to me as young boy with a saw-dust pile the size of a mountain. :>)

   Regards...

   Sarge..

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   Disputantum | Nov 29, 2008 03:36am | #11

   When the DVD comes out, y'all might like to look at William J. Taylor's homemade combination table saw/shaper/mortiser/sander/etc. in the Jan 1980 issue of FWW. I'd post a scan, but it would probably get me banned.

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   Frozen | Nov 28, 2008 06:31pm | #4

   That saw reminds me of the scariest woodworking day of my life, when my friend the industrial designer tried to make a log slicing saw using a 24 inch circular blade attached directly to a Volkswagen engine. While he was able go get it spinning, fortunately he wasn't able to get the clutch to work using a pair of vice grips.

   The setup looked similar (completely exposed blade), and about as safe.

   “Expectation strolls through the spacious fields of Time towards Opportunity.”
   Umberto Eco, The Island of the Day Before
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   Dave45 | Nov 28, 2008 08:58pm | #7

   That saw reminds me of the saw my Grandpa had - and used to mill all of the oak lumber for the house he built in the late '40's or early '50's.It had a huge blade (24"?) with no blade guard, a tiny "table", and was powered by a long belt between it and his one lung John Deere tractor. I was maybe 5-6 years old and it scared the bejesus out of me. IIRC, it sure sliced those logs, though. - lol

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   mike4244 | Nov 29, 2008 04:35am | #12

   Apparently the guard has been removed for clarity. This homemade saw resembles cordwood saws that run off a tractor power takeoff.

   mike