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  • He says he is a sprinter by nature, too impatient to see results to work more slowly with hand tools as he used to do until 1977, when he stopped sawing firewood with a bowsaw and discovered a tool that suited his nature.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • He says he is a sprinter by nature, too impatient to see results to work more slowly with hand tools as he used to do until 1977, when he stopped sawing firewood with a bowsaw and discovered a tool that suited his nature.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • JOEL BENNETT, PROSECUTOR: The fact that Robert Durst bought the Green Thumb (ph) bowsaw, 21-inch, at least five days prior to Morris Black being shot, convinces you beyond a reasonable doubt that Robert Durst murdered Morris Black.

    CNN Transcript Jul 15, 2005 2005

  • An area near the garage door contains the electric bowsaw he uses to shape the wooden necks and a workshop inside the garage contains the typical wall of assorted tools in various shapes and sizes.

    CNN.com 2011

  • Instead the designers were instructed how to cleave a log with an axe and mallet, use a bowsaw, operate a pole lathe and wield a range of draw knives for shaving and shaping the timber.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • An area near the garage door contains the electric bowsaw he uses to shape the wooden necks and a workshop inside the garage contains the typical wall of assorted tools in various shapes and sizes.

    CNN.com 2011

  • Then use a bowsaw to cut the feet to shape and clean up your work with rasps.

    O'Reilly News Simon St. Laurent 2010

  • Then use a bowsaw to cut the feet to shape and clean up your work with rasps.

    Planet XML Simon St.Laurent 2010

  • Then use a bowsaw to cut the feet to shape and clean up your work with rasps.

    Planet XML Simon St.Laurent 2010

  • Then use a bowsaw to cut the feet to shape and clean up your work with rasps.

    O'Reilly News Simon St. Laurent 2010

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