Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering : illustrated with four thousand engravings on wood ; in two volumes (1873)
D. Appleton and Company · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 293
290 CIRCULAR SAW. Tlie speed at which the saw is driven is about 180 revolutions per minute, which with a diameter oftwelve feet, gives a velocity of 6784 feet in that unit of time. The feed-motion for that velocity isabout | inch for every revolution of the saw, making 11^ feet per minute of… … ,**w~- ThA** C- n§=£s •> V J V IIs J J Literal References.—A, the saw-frame, with the saw 6 b attached to it.B B, the fast and loose pulleys on the saw-frame shaft. C, the log which is to be cut into veneers. D, the timber-frame to which the log is attached. E, the cast-iron frame to which D is…
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