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How to pronounce ripsaw in English?

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Synonyms splitsaw
Type of carpenter's saw, hand saw, handsaw

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The best known musical genre of the Turks and Caicos Islands is ripsaw music.
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For sawing standard lumber, choose between a ripsaw and a crosscut saw.
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The Turks and Caicos Islands are most well known for ripsaw music.
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The sound is similar to a paper being ripped, and is believed to be the origin of the term ripsaw.
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A ripsaw has large, coarse teeth and is used for rapid cutting along the length of a piece of lumber.
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Lumber is cut by ripsaw or resaw to create dimensions that are not usually processed by a primary sawmill.
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In addition to resawing lumber, remanufactured lumber can be ripped on a ripsaw using single or multiple blades.
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Montgomery invited David Lee Haynes, a young lumberyard ripsaw operator from Louisville, Kentucky, and the son of an old friend, to come live at the cabin and tend the plants.
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  • A handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood
  • Ripsaw (sometimes Rip-saw, Rip-Saw, RipSaw or The Duluth Rip-Saw) was a Duluth, Minnesota newspaper published from 1917 to 1926 and again from 1999 to 2005. In its original incarnation, the paper was a scandal sheet with a reputation for muckraking, sensationalism and criminal libel. ...
  • The Ripsaw is a developmental light tank developed by Howe & Howe for evaluation by the United States ArmyTeel, Roger A.. "Ripsaw demonstrates capabilities at APG." The United States Army Homepage. N.p., 16 July 2010. Web. 4 Aug. 2010. . . It is able to hit 50 mph in about 4 seconds. ...
  • Saw blade optimised to cut along the grain of wood.