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NARROW BANDSAW [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Wood Sawing
CONT

Band saw. An endless belt-like strip of steel, toothed along one or both edges and running uni-directionally between two pulleys, used to saw timber. ... In wide band-saws the strip is [greater than] 4in wide, suitable for heavier work, e.g. log conversion and resawing of large lumber; in narrow band-saws ... it is [lesser than] 2in wide, suitable for lighter work, e.g. the cutting of curves.

Key term(s)
  • narrow band saw
  • narrow bandsaw

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Sciage du bois

Spanish

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