cross-cut saw
Timber-felling hand tool
A cross-cut saw is designed to cut wood across the grain, producing smooth edges on boards and logs.
The teeth are shaped and angled to slice fibers cleanly rather than rip along them.
Cross-cut saws range from small hand tools to large two-person timber saws: They felled the oak with a cross-cut saw.
Flat cutting edge
Jumping to unseat rider
- fellingDowning standing timber
- timberWood for construction
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
rhythm · timing · push-pull · synchronization · grip · handle · tension · stroke
Professional tree cutter
- loggerOne who fells trees
- timberWood for construction
- fellingDowning standing timber
- buckingJumping to unseat rider
forestry · arborist · logging · woodland · tree · log · stump · clearing
blade
Flat cutting edge
gullet · set · point · rake · raker · bevel · pitch · hook · edge · perforated
bucking
Jumping to unseat rider
coordination · rhythm · timing · push-pull · synchronization · grip · handle · tension · stroke · log
lumberjack
Professional tree cutter
bucking · forestry · arborist · logging · woodland · tree · log · stump · clearing · harvest
woodworking
Craft of shaping lumber
lumber · timber · hardwood · softwood · sawbuck · sawhorse · workbench · hand-powered · manual · traditional
one-man
Performed alone