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Why a crosscut saw and a rip saw differ

A rip tooth chisels along the grain, while a crosscut tooth knives the fibers across.

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A rip saw cuts along the grain, and its teeth are filed straight across so each tooth is a small chisel that lifts out fibers already running the way the saw travels. A crosscut saw cuts across those fibers, and its teeth are filed to alternating knife points that sever the grain on each side of the kerf. The opening covers rip teeth work as chisels, crosscut teeth knife the sides, and fleam is the bevel on the tooth.

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Rip teeth work as chisels
Crosscut teeth knife the sides
Fleam is the bevel on the tooth
Spacing is not the whole difference
Where the idea stops applying
A distinction worth keeping

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Rip teeth filed as chisels
Fleam on crosscut saw teeth

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Why a crosscut saw and a rip saw differ

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