Probably several months ago I watched some woodworking video on Youtube, and the video was sponsored by this strange saw contraption that I’m having no luck googling. Maybe I dreamed it up and I’ve got something worth patenting, I don’t know.
The most concise way I can explain it is, imagine if the table saw had been invented, but power tools and circular saws hadn’t. Or, think of the journey you go on when making a circ saw into a table saw, and then go on that journey with a frame saw.
This is a stationary tool that holds a straight blade in tension, the blade doesn’t move, the stock is secured to a guide which slides on rails, and can be positioned to make various different cuts.
I thought “huh, I’ll look that up later to see if it’s worth a damn” and now can’t find it again. Might have dreamed it.
It’s either that, a knockoff of that, or the thing that’s knocking off that I’m thinking of.
Edit to add, I would swear the thing I saw works on a similar principle, but was a different shape. It had a more open, diagonal frame, and I think they mentioned it being Japanese. Visually it reminded me a bit more of a Shopsmith, or a Bowflex.