Probably several months ago I watched some woodworking video on Youtube, and the video was sponsored by this strange saw contraption that I’m having no luck googling. Maybe I dreamed it up and I’ve got something worth patenting, I don’t know.
The most concise way I can explain it is, imagine if the table saw had been invented, but power tools and circular saws hadn’t. Or, think of the journey you go on when making a circ saw into a table saw, and then go on that journey with a frame saw.
This is a stationary tool that holds a straight blade in tension, the blade doesn’t move, the stock is secured to a guide which slides on rails, and can be positioned to make various different cuts.
I thought “huh, I’ll look that up later to see if it’s worth a damn” and now can’t find it again. Might have dreamed it.
I can’t think of what else it would be. It seems to be a precision piece of kit, but Christ on a cracker that’s a lot for a glorified jig that can only work with stock that could be handled as hand-work by most whose preferences lie in that direction.
I recently picked up a Ryoba pull saw; I don’t have room in my shop for a band saw and the only real way I’ve had to resaw boards was on the table saw, which blows away 1/8" before planing, so figure at least 3/16" of board gone by the time you’ve sawn and planed, plus it’s a pretty strict limit of 6.5" of board thickness. My theory was a Ryoba has such a thin blade that it would allow more efficient use of resawn stock. But it’s not easy to do. I suppose a frame saw is in order.