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I seem to recall that sears once made a tilting "head" sort of saw
some years ago. I happened to be in sears today and saw a new 10"
version which looked halfway decent except the table was aluminum.
The tilt mechanism and chassis all appeared to be cast steel.


IIRC, this is a baby brother to what I *think* was called a "shipwright
saw". I remember seeing one on a show about the USS Constitution and the
shop they have for maintaining it. This thing was huge, using about a 3 or
4" wide blade, the table was about 3 or 4' square, with probably a 20"
cutting height. The table would stay level while the whole head rotated,
enabling them to cut those 14-16" ribs for a wooden ship while the table
stayed level.

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Nahmie
Those on the cutting edge bleed a lot.