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 738
the edge. The metal isexceedingly thin. The blade screws its way along the edge of the wood and cuts at the same time. Drunk Saw.—This name is given to a circular saw held in beveled collars so as to wabble.It is sometimes employed to cut mortises, it being competent to form a kerf over an inch in… … WMMimMMM*:- ^m^**** mode of holding the blade, two classes of hand-saws may be noted: 1, those held in handles se-cured at one extremity of the blade or both; 2, those strained and fastened at both ends in brackets.To the first class belong the ordinary hand-saw, Fig. 3746 ; the back or tenon saw,…
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