What is it? Set 538

Mar 27, 2014 30 Replies

It is what sawyers call an upset swage or hammer swage. It is a variation on the swages used for circular saws In this image the top two are for circular saws and the bottom one is for crosscut.

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A "saw set" OTOH is used to bend saw teeth. Usually every other tooth is bent in the opposite direction this is done to create kerf clearance.

A upset swage is a forging tool that forms the tooth metal back to its original shape by hammer blows. There are also lever type swages where one uses a hand crank to shape the tooth.

Here is a good explanation for swaging a circular rip saw.

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Thanks for the information, I added 'hammer swage' to my answer for it.

Good thinking, I wasn't able to find any boxing counters but I like this idea.

I keep looking at the posts, but have not seen answers, in the subject line. Have they been posted?

Look at Rob's post dated 3/28

Or -- just go to the original site and scroll down about half way to find the start of the answers.

He typically posts them on Friday evening -- same URL as the original puzzle.

Enjoy, DoN.

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Sometimes I forget

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You forget to *post* that the answers are up, but not to put the answers up. I usually look at the site for the answers before I ever get to reading usenet for the evening.

Enjoy, DoN.

Funny, I have never seen Rob forget to post that the answers are up.

Last week, for example. I read the subject lines of each of the posts, and none said "answers".

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