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Saws must be kept away from all dampness, ami may be smeared with oil 

 at times to protect them from ru^t. Tne fuui's of muriatic acid (spirits of 

 alts) are also very destructive to them. 



Handling; the Saw. 



Everyone can handle a saw, or thinks he can, hut those who do it to the 

 best advantage are not so numerous. In starting a eut.it is a common 



mistake to allow the weighl of the end of the saw to rest on the timber, with 

 the result that the teeth catch and fad to run free, the work being poorly 



Fig. 23 The Correct Use of the Saw. 

 Keep the arm-pit plumb over the saw-cut. 



begun. It is in the effort to avoid the catching that lesults from this error 

 that so many people begin a cut by drawing the saw up to them. The right 

 way is to start the cut with the tip of the saw (Fig. 21), striking the timber 

 very lightly at first, and then, as the saw runs down the edge, allowing an 



