Evens Third Saw. This is a specialized form of circular saw evolved in the redwood region for handling large logs. It is really a combination of four saws; three in a vertical plane and one in a horizontal. The topmost saw and the horizontal saw function only as a means to "rabbett" out a portion from large logs board by board, so that the portion left will pass between the arbors of the two main saws. The photograph was taken prior to 1884 and was copied from "Redwood Lumbering" Cherry and Company, San Francisco
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Location: average distance Identification: exact ground location unclear, appears unknowable Group picture, names unknown
Type
image
Identifier
fritz_metcalf-3505
Subject
Lumber industry - History Saws - Circular saws Lumber mill equipment San Francisco County
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