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Thanks Fritz, i checked out their website. I do not know how Nakaya or other Japanese saw makers get their saws to do both cross cutting and ripping, but I do know that western saw makers sometimes do the same thing. Bad Axe (very pricy) has what they call hybrid saws, as well as straight rip and cross cut saws. And some of the most common blades for table saws are “combination” blades. These combination blades for table saws generally have two kinds of teeth which allow both cross cutting and ripping. For example, it is common to see raker teeth combined with alternating top bevel teeth (ATB-R). I cannot remember what Bad Axe does, if I ever knew, but I bet it is similar: two sorts of teeth. I vaguely remember some reference to two sorts of teeth on some Japanese saws as well. Maybe I misremember that.