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WOODWORKING 



9. Rip-saws. The formation of the teeth on a rip-saw is 

 shown in Fig. 15. This saw cuts with the grain and, conse- 



FIG. 11. Buggy axle rest. 



FIG. 12. Peck crate. 



FIG. 13. End of peck crate. 



FIG. 14. Bottom of peck crate. 



quently, cuts off the ends of the wood fiber (Fig. 16). The 

 teeth, filed squarely across the saw-blade, form a series of 

 chisels. Alternate teeth are set to one side of the blade, one 

 series being set one way and the alternate series the other way 

 (Fig. 15). The saw-blade is thus made thicker on the tooth 

 edge of the blade than elsewhere, permitting the saw to pass 

 thru the wood without binding while it makes its cut, or 

 "kerf". 



