A Simple Tool for a Tricky Job A MONG the commonest
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of tools the saw is by no means easy to maintain in an efficient state. Indeed, properly to set saw teeth is an art, in which few are proficient, The latest addition to the range of excellent tools produced by James Neill and Co. (Sheffield), Ltd., Napier Street, Shef field, if, is the Eclipse saw set, a handy and ingenious device that enables the operation to be acccimplished easily, quickly and precisely.
The accompanying drawing shows clearly how the saw set is used. Referring to the detail view, the anvil, carrying numbers from 4 to 12, which signify the numbers of teeth per inch, is first rotated to suit the saw to be set, and then locked by the thumbscrew. It has a helical-cone face and determines the angle to which each tooth is bent.
On gripping the handles the plunger emerges and holds the saw against the anvil like a vice, • Further pressure moves out the setting tool, which bears upon the tooth near its point and sets it over the required amount. Springs return the tool and the plunger when the handles, are released. Alternate teeth are treated from one side of the blade and then the remaining teeth from the other. Well-made and finished, the tool costs only 6s. 6d.