resaws

Slices lumber twice

Resaws is the third-person singular present tense of resaw, meaning to saw lumber again, typically to cut thick boards into thinner pieces.

A bandsaw designed for this purpose is called a resaw.

The mill resaws rough lumber into finished boards.

The term appears mainly in woodworking and lumber processing contexts.

material

lumber

Sawn wood for building

  • timberWood for construction
  • planksFlat construction lumber pieces
  • boardsPlanks or governing bodies

veneer · hardwood · softwood · log · beam · slab · billet · flitch · stock · walnut

process

lumbermill

Wood processing plant

  • sawbladeToothed metal for cutting
  • feedSupply with sustenance
  • kerfIncision from a blade

thickness · blade · fence · guide · tension · drift · bookmatching · sequential · slicing · splitting

products

veneer

Decorative outer layer

decking · laminations · bookmatched · laminates · inlay · facing · sheets · strips · boards · planks

woodworking

cabinetmaking

Craft of building furniture

woodcraft · furniture · millwork · woodgrain · sawdust · workshop · craftsman · woodworker

Opposites
processing sequence

resawslogs

Cut wood sections

rough cuts · breaks down · fells · bucks · mills

action vs. inaction

resawspreserves

Cooked fruit in sugar

material transformation direction

resawslaminates

Bonds material in layers

joins · assembles · consolidates · thickens

Family

resaw, resawed, resawn, resawing

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G