Cheap tools from Harbor Freight

Drag saw, is the term I believe. I've seen them powered by the drive belt from an old tractor using a bell-crank type setup, so a steam variation shouldn't be difficult. All you need is a normal double-action steam cylinder with the saw blade attached to the connecting rod. Although I suspect a flywheel would need to be added to make it run better.

Not easily unless you either have a lot of set to the saw or wood with little pitch. Most 2 man saws are too thin to push back through the kerf without bending.

Tim Douglass

Sat, Jul 31, 2004, 10:42am (EDT-3) snipped-for-privacy@bendcable.com (Tim=A0Douglass) says; Drag saw, is the term I believe.

Same general idea, but a totally different look.

That's why I put it, "IF you know what you're doing". It is "not" easy, but it "is" possible.

JOAT The highway of fear is the road to defeat.

- Bazooka Joe JERUSALEM RIDGE

I have a DeWalt 12V 3/8" VSR dual range cordless drill. It and batteries are ~ 6 yrs old and they're not holding a charge long after running only about 10,000 screws. I checked around and found the following:

NEW 12V XR DeWalt batteries are $ 50.00 ea. at Lowes for a total of $ 100 for two A place called Powercell (or similar-was told about it here) will rebuild the batteries for 36.50 plus $ 5.00 shipping (each way) = $ 93.00

Lowes and HD are selling the whole kit: drill, 2 batt, charger for $ 119.00 ..geez the charger alone costs about 40-50 bucks.

Now HD is selling the Ryobi 12V kit for $ 44.95 ! Decisions, decisions

I have a 12V DeWalt, and a 12V Ryobi. The Ryobi is crap, so be careful.

Kevin

maybe closer to: