Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 728
s a vertical move-ment controlledby the hand-wheel and screw shown. The vertical guide-bar, which receives thepressure of the work, is provided with a steel roller which receives the back thrust of the saw inrevolving, and relieves the back of the saw from friction. A roller of similar character is… … 698 SAWS, BAND. arrangement for any changes in the length of the saw by heat or sud-den jars against some harder portion of the wood, or greater pressureof the operation. Band-sawing Machines for Large Work:—A large machine for band-sawing is represented in Figs. 3732 and 3733. A B is the saw ; (J…
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