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 739
he slide(by means of the hand-wheeljj J ** *— ~~ ~~-^^^L^ V^T^~ shown) to accommodate dif- ~j /-^, ijTjCp) \ I S^ ferent lengths of saws. The V \jz^- motion is given by the crank- disk, and is imparted to theguide carrying the lower end of the saw through the medium of the connecting-rod. The… … SAWS, RECIPROCATING OR STRAIGHT. 707 weight, and thus avoids as far as possible the jar or shock which is so objectionable in and inherentto this class of machine. The so-called scroll-sawing machine is a jig-saw employed for cutting out scroll-work with veryfine saws. It is usually operated by…
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