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    rip-cutting seasoned oak?

    sorry, i don't think i understand the question. what i meant was that from all i've seen and watched roughing down with a plane is a fairly jerky process with a fair bit of resistance to the cut. i'm assuming the folks i've watched chose their cutting direction intelligently but seeing their...
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    rip-cutting seasoned oak?

    ok, time for a little update: i went through the posts and chose 2 saws that sounded promising and i could readily lay hands on: Bahco 2400-22-XT7-HP (8ppi) Spear & Jackson Predator First Fix (7ppi) looking at the saws i would have said that the Spear & Jackson has more of a rip-cut...
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    rip-cutting seasoned oak?

    i know them, ordered some lovely Iwasaki rasps from them a couple months ago. excellent source for very good tools. as to the frame saw, i'd happily buy a blade and build the saw but what blade for this type of work? that's not at all clear to me and my experience in the past has been that a...
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    rip-cutting seasoned oak?

    i have no doubt that moving to a plane would be a smart move but (a) i've never owned a decent plane and (b) an injury has rendered my right wrist semi-functional and highly adverse to the chatter and shock that scrub planing appears to entail. long, relatively uninterrupted strokes are no...
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    rip-cutting seasoned oak?

    i quite like this idea as i've always found the frame saw to be a wonderfully efficient and forgiving tool. that said i have tried a garden-variety frame saw on other dried hardwoods in the past and the results -- especially rip cuts -- were not satisfying. no doubt the blade i was using at the...
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    rip-cutting seasoned oak?

    excellent points gentlemen. splitting for the handles does sound like the best approach: the stock loss there would likely be minimal given the way i've been doing these. i usually work the billets down to comfortable octagon cross-sections with micro-plane blades in a hacksaw frame and/or a...
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    rip-cutting seasoned oak?

    happy to pay that for a saw that does a difficult job reasonably well. looking forward to giving it a go!
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    rip-cutting seasoned oak?

    first projects are going to be some scratch-built mallets. i also want to prep a supply of handles for files and rasps: the grain in this oak is so lovely that i'm just going to ditch the old store bought handles. after that i'd like to try doing a couple knitting bowls for the Mrs -- power...
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    rip-cutting seasoned oak?

    excellent, thank you.
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    rip-cutting seasoned oak?

    may i ask, seasoned or off the rack (typically only partly seasoned, afaik)? also, what saw? i don't know push saws and there are 100s to choose from. anything to narrow this down would be most welcome.
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    rip-cutting seasoned oak?

    thank you, that saved me some disappointment, assuming i was even able to find one. trying a cheapo hard-point sounds like an obvious first step forward. if it doesn't work out i'll always find other uses for it i'm sure.
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    rip-cutting seasoned oak?

    oh, now that sounds promising! on the hunt for one now. ... hmm, maybe easier said than done.
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    rip-cutting seasoned oak?

    thank you Mike. as it happens i do have a circular saw but I imagined that it would be unsafe and unwise to go at these blocks with it. am i wrong? happy to hear that i am and all ears as to how you'd tackle it. perhaps more info would help. these blocks are basically 1/2 split log chunks that...
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    rip-cutting seasoned oak?

    i've got some twisty blocks of seasoned oak that i'd like to start working with, small projects and some diy workshop toolage. in particular i need to rip-cut the blocks down to workable size but, of course, no bandsaw (yet). splitting is an option but as i mentioned, it's fairly twisty stuff...
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