Beef-splitting saw. 0:47 video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArUKZWkXQ9M
Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...912#post100291
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...324#post101294
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...175#post138382
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I toured an abattoir back in the 70s, that was the machine that impressed me the most. At the time we used a chainsaw on the farm, today a recipro saw, but it was the elevator/bandsaw that I remember most. They did 350 cows a day, too small to be viable today, huge by those day's standards.