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Rail′way cut-off saw.

A buzz (circular) saw, which may be fed back and forth to its work.

In Fig. 4134 the saw a is driven by a belt from pulley b, which passes over idler c, around sawpul-ley d, then over a second idle-wheel e, and back to

b. By this arrangement of pulleys the belt is maintained at an even tension, while the saw-carriage slides back and forth on tracks i i. A handle f controls the movement of the saw-carriage.

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