I was watching this guy on YT show how to use a large 48" frame saw for re-sawing this morning. I was very impressed and I'm going to build at some point rather than buying a band-saw. I will never do enough re-sawing to benefit from the BS cost and I couldn't afford the BS needed to re-saw wide boards anyway. The kit, everything but the wood goes for $135, another $20 in wood and I think I'll be in business.
The thing I like about it the most is that it's practically effortless compared to a standard western handsaw. He uses his legs and body to move the saw and it cuts almost an inch per pass in the wood he was cutting. Whew!