rift saw

plural rift saws

1. A circular saw with toothed arms for cutting logs radially.

   We just use a rift saw so we do not have to ask for permission.

   1992, Pinkaew Leungaramsri, Noel Rajesh, The Future of People and Forests in Thailand After the Logging Ban

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   This size is also used for rift saws, heavy edger saws, and bench saws.

   1912, Henry Disston, Disston lumberman handbook, page 53

   The wing or rift saw, it may be said, is of special design having six wings with portions of the saw plate cut away between the wings.

   1948, Veneers and Plywood - Volume 42, page 48

   At the sawmill lightning damaged logs can be processed using a rift saw, whereby the damaged part of the stem is cut off as slab wood with the first cut (Fig. 7.12).

   2014, Christoph Richter, Wood Characteristics: Description, Causes, Prevention, Impact on Use and Technological Adaptation, →ISBN

present singular third person rift saws · participle present rift sawing · past rift sawed · participle past rift sawn

1. To cut a log into boards by first quartering and then cutting radially at an angle of 30-60 degrees to the grain (as opposed to quartersaw, which involves cutting radially at an angle of 60-90 degrees).

   Because rift sawing reduces the number of cuts parallel to a log's medullary rays, it reduces the flake effect common to quartered oak.

   2003, Elena M. S. Garrison, The Graphic Standards Guide to Architectural Finishes, →ISBN

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   Softwood flooring, such as pitch pine, Oregon pine and deal, should be rift sawn if a good finish and even wearing surface are required.

   1956, Edward Molloy, Builder's and Decorator's Reference Book