Lathe-saw.
For some of the smaller uses of circular saws they may be retained on the mandrel, supported on the lathe centers, as shown at A, Fig. 2839, while a bench is arranged upon the shears of the lathe. The wooden box is secured by a screw-clamp beneath the shears, and the platform is hinged to the back of the box, the saw projecting through a slot in the platform. A fence can be arranged on the platform to act as a gage and guide in slitting a number of pieces to a size. A guide against which the work may be held, so as to present it at any angle to the saw, is a convenient adjunct. B (Fig. 2839) shows a small fret-saw mounted on an ordinary lathe. The table is adjustable in hight, so that, being half an inch above the lathe-center, the saw will have an inch stroke, or a quarter of an [1265] inch will give a half-inch stroke, and so on. The post uniting the back ends of the levers is connected to a wrist on the face-plate of the lathe-mandrel. |
| Lathe-saw. |
