| Summary: | pit saw - A twelve-foot long saw with very large teeth used for sawing lumber. A board or two were taken up off the store loft. The log was placed across the beams. One man stayed on the loft while the other stayed below. Thus positioned one would pull up and the other down on the saw. Boat blanks [sic] [reverse] were sawed in this way. A pit saw was also used for cutting blocks of ice. [image] ceiling beams log _Pit saw_ Today, if a man needs timber to build a boat he can get it at the lumberyards. Pit-saws are therefore, rarely, if ever, used today. JH 3/72 Not used Not used Withdrawn reverse side of P_16539
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