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SCIE PLUSIEURS LAMES [3 records]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

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

A machine in which two or more saws, i.e. plates or webs are mounted together, either on the same arbor ... or in the same sash.

French

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

Scie comportant deux ou plusieurs lames montées sur un même châssis mue par un mouvement alternatif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones y equipo (Industria maderera)
  • Aserradura de la madera
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Record 2 2014-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
CONT

The compass saw is a particularly useful tool for the carpenter. It performs many tasks, from cutting curves and circles to starting a cut from a hole bored in wood. It is manufactured in various sizes, and basically it is tapered from the tooth edge to a thin back to allow for clearance. As to its appearance, it has a sharp point and the teeth extend the full length of the blade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Outil ayant une lame effilée, longue d’environ douze pouces (305 mm) et une poignée de bois.

CONT

Il existe également des scies à guichet avec lames interchangeables. Elles ont l'avantage de pouvoir y adapter plusieurs lames pour des travaux différents. Cette scie sert pour le découpage de courbes irrégulières. Une bonne scie à guichet doit avoir une lame flexible et bien effilée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Herramientas manuales
DEF

Sierra de hoja estrecha y puntiaguda, que sirve para hacer calados y otras labores delicadas.

OBS

Su hoja estrecha permite el giro, por lo que se puede usar para cortes curvos en maderas gruesas.

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Record 3 1998-03-17

English

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

A machine used to square-edge waney timber and also to rip timber ... It consists of a frame supporting an arbor fitted with one or more circular saws movable laterally, and equipped with feed rollers, press rollers, and transmission gear.

OBS

An edger having two circular saws is termed a double edger = two-saw edger; one with split feed-rollers permitting the simultaneously feeding of boards of different thickness, a twin edger.

French

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

Scie comportant une ou plusieurs lames d’écartement fixe ou réglable, destinée à tailler les rives d’une pièce de bois afin d’en éliminer les inégalités [...]

OBS

Une scie à déligner comportant deux lames de scie circulaires est appelée déligneuse double; une scie à déligner comportant des lames multiples est appelée déligneuse multiple.

Spanish

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