previous next

Saw-swage.

A form of punch or striker by which the end of a saw-tooth is flattened to give it width and set.

Saw-swages.

The swage A has a movable rod a having a tooth b by which the points of the saw-teeth are spread out previous to filing; for swaging and filing they are inserted within the notch c.

B. The split end of the adjustable bar a is placed on the saw-collar; the ends of the teeth are successively inserted in the notched piece d and swaged by a tap with the hammer.

C. The saw-tooth is inserted in the opening x and slightly raised by a blow; it is afterward filed to the proper hight.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.

An XML version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer Perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.

hide Places (automatically extracted)

View a map of the most frequently mentioned places in this document.

Download Pleiades ancient places geospacial dataset for this text.

hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: