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 737
f stone from 1 to 36 in. per minute or per 10,000 ft. run of saw. A 66-inch saw contains 84, anda 20-inch saw 60 diamonds. These are held in steel or iron holders made in two parts, and providedwith soft-metal cushions on which the diamond rests. The holders are dovetailed into the edge ofthe… … SAWS, RECIPROCATING OR STRAIGHT. 705 casing are forced therein. A circular saw 73 in. in diameter carries 48 diamonds. Hardened steelpoints are used for all stone up to that of the hardness of ordinary grindstone. The speed of the sawis from 5 to 500 revolutions per minute, and the feed of stone to…
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