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  2. Tabitha Babbitt - Wikipedia

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    The circular saw was connected to a water-powered machine to reduce the effort to cut lumber. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The first circular saw she allegedly made is in Albany , New York . [ 6 ] In the summer of 1948, a version of Babbitt's saw, built to her specifications, was on display at a Shaker exhibit at Fenimore House in Cooperstown, N. Y., as a loan ...

  3. Circular saw - Wikipedia

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    A hand-held circular saw is the most conventional circular saw. This miter saw is a circular saw mounted to swing to crosscut wood at an angle. A table saw. Tractor-driven circular saw. A circular saw or a buzz saw, is a power-saw using a toothed or abrasive disc or blade to cut different materials using a rotary motion spinning around an arbor.

  4. Indexing head - Wikipedia

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    An indexing head, also known as a dividing head or spiral head, [1] is a specialized tool that allows a workpiece to be circularly indexed; that is, easily and precisely rotated to preset angles or circular divisions. Indexing heads are usually used on the tables of milling machines, but may be used on many other machine tools including drill ...

  5. List of screw drives - Wikipedia

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    Type A, also known as a "standard clutch", resembles a bow tie, with a small circular "knot" at the center. These were common in GM automobiles, trucks and buses of the 1940s and 1950s. Type G resembles a butterfly, and lacks the center "knot". [65] This type of screw head is commonly used in the manufacture of mobile homes and recreational ...

  6. Riving knife - Wikipedia

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    A riving knife to the left of the blade on table saw. A riving knife is a safety device installed on a table saw, circular saw, or radial arm saw used for woodworking. Attached to the saw's arbor, it is fixed relative to the blade and moves with it as blade depth is adjusted. [1]

  7. Saw - Wikipedia

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    Circular saw: a saw with a circular blade which spins. Circular saws can be large for use in a mill or hand held up to 24" blades and different designs cut almost any kind of material including wood, stone, brick, plastic, etc. Table saw: a saw with a circular blade rising through a slot in a table. If it has a direct-drive blade small enough ...

  8. Frame saw - Wikipedia

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    The frame pit saw was the mainstay of resawing before stiff, unframed two-man saws called a muley or mulay saw, circular saws, and band saws took over. In some early sawmills a frame saw was powered from a water wheel, wind mill or other rotary motion through a crankshaft and connecting rod. Frame saws are now largely obsolete, although ...

  9. Table saw - Wikipedia

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    The history [6] of the table saw dates back to the early 18th century when the first known patent for a table saw was filed in 1777 by Samuel Miller who was an English scientist. Miller's design featured a circular saw blade mounted on an arbor with a table to support the wood being cut.