Uses
- Saws are commonly used for cutting hard materials. They are used extensively in forestry, construction, demolition, medicine, and hunting.
- Musical saws are used as instruments to make music.
- Chainsaw carving is a flourishing modern art form. Special saws have been developed for the purpose.
- The production of lumber, lengths of squared wood for use in construction, begins with the felling of trees and the transportation of the logs to a sawmill.
Plainsawing: Lumber that will be used in structures is typically plainsawn (also called flatsawn), a method of dividing the log that produces the maximum yield of useful pieces and therefore the greatest economy.
Quarter sawing: This sawing method produces edge-grain or vertical gain lumber, in which annual growth rings run more consistently perpendicular to the pieces' wider faces.
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