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SAW ARBOR [4 records]

Record 1 2018-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Die Stamping
CONT

Extrusion die template maker : lays out sheet or plate steel, and sets up and operates machine tools to make templates(replicas of cross sections of products to be extruded) used in manufacture of extrusion dies; analyzes blueprints to determine product specifications and plans operations, applying knowledge of template making, extrusion of nonferrous metals, shop mathematics and sheet metalwork; applies copper sulfate solution to surface of steel plate, using cloth or brush; computes dimensions, and measures and scribes outline of product cross section on steel; saws, files, and operates drill press, arbor press, band-sawing machine, filing machine, and vertical milling machine to drill, saw, shape, and smooth workpiece to layout lines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Matriçage (Métallurgie)

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
DEF

A circular saw mounted on its arbor at a small angle to the normal plane of rotation so that it cuts an exaggerated kerf...

OBS

Used mainly for cutting grooves.

OBS

For some authors, "saw" in the terms "drunken saw", "wobble saw" and "wabble saw" are to be interpreted as meaning "drunken blade" and "wobble blade".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Lame de scie circulaire que l'on monte sur son arbre avec une légère inclinaison par rapport au plan normal de rotation, de manière qu'elle puisse couper une large voie.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-01-30

English

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

A circular saw in which the height of the saw arbor can be adjusted to regulate depth of cut.

French

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

Scie circulaire où l'axe de la lame peut être disposé à une hauteur variable par rapport à la table, de façon à ajuster convenablement la hauteur de coupe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones y equipo (Industria maderera)
  • Aserradura de la madera
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Record 4 1999-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Wood Sawing
DEF

A versatile type of dimension saw that both crosscuts and rips, having its arbor or its sawbench arranged so as to cant towards the workpiece.

OBS

variety saw: term used in the Commonwealth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Sciage du bois
DEF

Scie circulaire d'ébéniste pouvant exécuter soit du sciage en long, soit du sciage en travers.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas manuales
  • Aserradura de la madera
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