Foster, Edwin W. [from old catalog] · Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 197
77vo 172 CARPENTRY AND WOODWORK grinding means is shown by the tapers, or difference inthe thickness of the steel, as shown at Fig. 105, thethickness in one thousandths of an inch being given atthe different points. It will be noticed that not onlydoes the blade decrease in width from the handle… … Fig. 105. Thickness of saw blade the teeth to the top and also from the handle outto the end. This represents ideal saw construction,and it is found only in the good makes. The back saw, being strengthened by a heavypiece of steel along the top, is made of thinnermaterial, and the tapers are not…
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