Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-15
How to Put Saws in Order.

A SAW is an edged tool. The edges Of
| the teeth cut with crushing stroke. For
this reason the very points should be
brought to fine edge by means of a fine
| file and 1ne-gritted milestone. When
the points of teeth have been filed sharp, on
most saws, the edge is coarse and wiry. No
saw will cut satisfactorily when there is
such rough and coarse edge on the teeth.
| When a saw that has good temper is put
in proper order, it will cut off a hard log
with very limited amount of power.
The philosophy of putting any kind of a
saw in order consists of having the very
points ofyall theEteeth range as perfectly as
may be practicable. When one tooth is
| only trif1e longer than two or three on
either side of it, too much is required of
| it. When ten men of unequal stature are
required to carry stick of timber on
their shoulders, the taller ones must bear
all the burden, while the short men car
ry nothing. This illustrates the case pre-
cisely in regard to saw-teeth of unequal
lengths When few teeth are so much
longer than those on each side of them,
the points take such rank hold Of the
wood that the saw jumps and the teeth do
not cut true kerf This requires more
power to work the saw, and the teeth will
not cut so smoothly, so easily, nor SO fast
as if all the points were of a uniform
length, and all were standing in rows, as
straight as q mathematical line. When
the teeth of a good saw are properly set,
and correctly filed and whetted, saw
will run through board like a warm
knife through cold butter.
To put a saw in order, secure the blade
in the saw clamps joint the points true
with q Hof flo fhoY, flo ha raointc n q
sharp edge. And always file where there
is sufficient light to enable you to see the
points distinctly. Be exceedingly careful
to stop filing as soon as the tooth is filed
to perfect point. One thrust with the
file after the tooth has been brought to a
complete edge, will shorten it, put the saw
out of order just in proportion as the
point is filed off Let the points be set
uniformly, and only little. Go over the
teeth with an old file, to give them a more
perfect edge. Then lay the blade fatty on
smooth board, and pass a fne-gritted
milestone along the sides of the points, to
remove the why edge and to give the teeth
as fine cutting edge as practicable. A
good saw, when in prime order, is one of
the most effective tools in Exchange.
THE recent death of Mr.. John Bairstow,
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nounced From poverty he rose to the
possession of princely fortune, which he
distributed literally in charities. The be-
quests to religious and benevolent societies
exceed 100000. He rose at 6 a. m., and,
at the period of his greatest wealth, his
personal domestic expense was little over
$500 year. He was ninety at his death.
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