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 730
f hardness andof various sizes. It hasa strong upright frameto carry the upper andlower pulleys, which isalso provided with meansof giving adequate ten-sion to the band-saw.Vibration is preventedby suitable guides, and a circular disk running . , at the back of the blade prevents both cutting and… … 700 SAWS, CIRCULAR. SAWS, CIRCULAR. One of the main difficulties in the use of a circular saw is that of maintain-ing its tension equal under varying velocities and temperatures. The method employed by the saw-straightener to compensate for the expansion due to the centrifugal motion is to place…
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