Saw (saw) - Saw

...(4) includes saws for wood, bamboo, metal cutting, etc. For hand sawing of wood, in addition to the rake, cross saw, and variegated saws already mentioned, there are also fine-toothed, precisely cut, back saws (also called back saws because they have back plates to reinforce the thinness of the saw blade), ridge saws for cutting end grooves, lathe saws used by boat carpenters, and thrust saws for cutting curves. There are also rake saws, front saws, overhanging saws, and double-headed saws used for hand sawing. (5) Most hand saws and machine saws are made of 5-6 types of carbon tool steel (hard enough to be filed), but recently many circular saws and the like have blades made of super-hard alloys (tungsten carbide), which are called chip saws.

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…(4)では木材用，竹びき用，金切り用などがある。木材の手びき用には既述の縦びき，横びき，ばら目のほかに細かい歯で精密にひく胴付（どうづき）鋸(鋸身の薄さを補強する背金がつくので背金鋸ともいう)，端止溝を挽く畔（あぜ）びき鋸，舟大工の用いる摺合せ（すりあわせ）鋸，曲線を挽く引(突)回し鋸などがあり，さらに手びき製材に用いられてきた縦びき用の大鋸（おが），前びき大鋸，かがり，両びき(両頭)鋸などがある。(5)は手びき鋸，機械鋸を問わず，ほとんどのものは炭素工具鋼5～6種(鑢（やすり）のかかる程度の硬さ)であるが，最近丸鋸などには超硬質合金(炭化タングステン)などを付刃するものが多くなり，これをチップソーという。…

※「かがり（のこぎり）」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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