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 IMPLEMENTS 



Hints on Dressing a Saw 



IN DRESSING a saw, three operations are 

 necessary, viz. (i) stripping, (2) setting, and 

 (3) filing or sharpening. 



Stripping is making all the teeth of an even 

 length by running a file flat on its side along their 

 points. By this operation the longer ones are 

 cut down to the level of the shorter. If the teeth 

 are not uniform a saw will "run," i.e., it will not 

 •cut straight, and a bad fitting joint in timber will 

 result. 



SETTING 



In this operation every alternate tooth is 

 slightly bent along the full length of the saw, 

 which is then reversed in the clamp and the 

 remaining straight teeth are dealt with in the 

 same way. In setting a saw an operator should 

 be very careful to see that the same amount 

 of "set" is put on each tooth, for if one tooth 

 is set more than another it will make the saw 

 jump, and a rough, jagged cut results. In 

 setting the teeth, bend them just enough to 

 allow the blade to move forward and backward 

 freely. There are many kinds of adjustable saw 

 sets on the market. For different timbers 

 varying sets are necessary, green timber re- 

 quiring more than dry. The adjustable set is 

 useful, as the adjusting may be quickly per- 

 formed and the set made perfectly regular. 

 In setting a crosscut, each tooth is treated as 

 in the hand saw, but with an ordinary set, 

 with gauge unattached. The gauge is a flat 

 piece of metal with a small slot cut out of one 

 corner. This is placed on edge against the 

 blade of the saw, the top being level with the 

 point of the tooth. The set is then applied with a 

 gentle pressure to bend the tooth until it will 

 just touch the gauge on top, every second 

 tooth on one side being treated in the same 

 manner along the full length, and, after reversing 

 the saw in the clamp, the other teeth may be 

 dealt with. 



FILING OR SHARPENING 



In sharpening a hand saw, a three-cornered 

 file is used, the grading varying with the class of 

 work and kind of saw to be treated. A tenon or 

 back saw requires a fine or small file, and a rip 

 . saw a coarser file still. The file is inserted be- 

 tween each alternate tooth with a gentle, firm, 

 even, forward pressure, the hand holding the 

 file slightly downward, the point of the file be- 

 ing inclined toward the point of the saw. This 

 position slightly cuts down into the blade, and 

 keeps the teeth at uniform length. If the filing 

 each time is done on the tooth and the blade is 

 not cut into, the tooth is filed short, and the saw 

 is very soon ruined. The file should be held 

 slightly at an angle to the blade, i.e., the point 

 inclined away from the handle of the saw. In 

 filing a crosscut alternate teeth. on each side 

 should be filed on both edges, and by this action 

 gums, or false teeth, are raised in the blade 

 between each tooth. Dressing must always 

 be carried out in the order given here. 



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