Tom Holloway wrote:        Um..that would be me.  I've already sent a re-copy
of the technique

>         http://www.mcs.net/~brendler/oldtools/ShakerBoxes/#Band
>

I don't quite understand something.  I have seen framesaws in which the spacing
between the long
members of the frame is made adjustable, usually by having them attach to the
handle in a slot with
some sort of bolt/wingnut arrangement.

I have always assumed that this is so the members can be moved so as to serve
as the guide for
sawing. In other words if I wish to saw a 3/8" plank off of a board 2" thick, I
would place one
member 3/8" from the saw blade and the other member 1 5/8" from the blade
(omitting the
conisderation of kerf length). The members would then act as a guide to the
cut, assuming flat faces
on the plank.

Am I just whacko here (a possibility more likely as I age)?