Greetings, Lo, I discovered that there's a Woodcraft halfadozen blocks from Rockler. OMYGOD
Anyway, back in the corner is a slab of hickory that appears to have my new frame resaw embedded in it. Am I mistaken? Would hickory resist splitting when the tension is cranked up cross-grain?
While I'm on the subject: I doodled little pictures of trees and a force diagram of the resaw. I think the frame and stretchers all should be quarter-sawn and assembled bark-side out. Correct?