American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-04-12
Putting Saws In Order.

BEFORE a person can file any saw well,
it is important that he have correct I'M
Outstanding of tie work to be performed
by the teeth. Then he must understand
also what particular form of teeth will re-
move a given quantity OF the material to
be sawed, by the application of the least
force, whether the saw is driven across,
or lengthways ofth timber; and he must
be possessed of sufficient skill to set and
to file every tooth exactly as his lively
Imagination has pictured q representation
Of a saw when pat in the most complete
order. When any saw is in the best
possible order, the points of the teeth
will all be of uniform height, and as
straight in two parallel rows IS the
points of an hundred pins can be placed.
This is the theory of filing saws well.
When one or two teeth have been set
only trifie more than those on either
side of them, the points take rank hold
of the timber on the side of the kerf
where it is not desirable to have the teeth
disturb the timber; and in consequence of
the rank hold of one tooth, the saw will
run exceedingly hard. If one or two
teeth near the middle of the blade be left
a trifle longer than those on each side of
them, a double and perhaps quadrupte
task is imposed on the long teeth, while
others near them do nothing at all, al
though the points may be quite sharp.
When fifty men carry long stick of tim
Der on their shoulders, the taller, if they
stand rect, will be compelled to bear the
entire load, while the men of shorter
statue will have nothing to do, This is
precisely the case with saw the teeth of
which are not of uniform length. The
very points must all stand in line as near
ly as may be practicable
IHt, first thing to be done when one is
about to put a saw in order, is to joint the
points of the teeth. For this purpose,
the cheaper and more expeditions way is to
procure block of wood, say six inches
long. three wide by one inch thick,
dressed straight and true, then nail q
similar piece on one edge, thus forming Il
corner in which to place IA fiat file. The
file can then be he'd with the fingers, or
be secured in various ways. Place the
file fatty on the teeth, and press the
larger block against the side of the saw
blade, then plane of the points of the
longest teeth until the fiat file just touches
The extremites of the short teeth 1t is
important that the fat file be held IN SUI h
= position that il VIII dress oil the points
exactly at right angle with the side of
the blade. Otherwise the teeth OF one
side viii he longer than the Other, which
will cause the saw to run more or less.
convenient, portable clamp, SO that the
tiler may stand out of doors while fling,
where he can have the advantage of all
the light TINT may be requisite. When
fling where there is d deficiency of day
light, the fi'er should provide d
lamp or good candle, and place 2 dark
shade between the light and his
eyes. so that he can see at a
glance, when every tooth ID filed to
complete point. One careless thrust Of
the file, when tooth is fled Just enough,
will put the saw Cut of order more than
can he restored by half an hours fling.
4 beginner should always take a try
square and the sharp point of n small file,
and make hair mark from the point of
every tooth at a right angle with the
teeth on the sides q the hlGde. This
should tie done whentsthc points Of the
teeth are AL ~ uniform distance apart.
such marks win enable the iiler to keep
The face of every tooth dressed at the most
desirable angle. The FOREGOING directions
relate particularly TO back-saWa, panel
saws and all other saws which are fled
for cutting only one way across the grain
Of the timbsr
a. aeon ~ tha teeth are all alaa aeartY