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Saw

Portable saw

A saw is a tool for cutting wood or other material, consisting of a serrated blade (a blade with the cutting edge dentated or toothed) and worked either by hand or by steam, water, electric or other power.

The saw can also be used — or abused — for playing music.

Though Greek mythology indicates Perdix, the nephew of Daedalos, the inventor of the saw, unearthed constructed wooden artifacts from Ancient and Predynastic Egypt suggest possibly a much earlier date (see [1], Predynastic Egypt).

Saw terminology

Diagram showing the teeth of a saw blade when looking front-on. The teeth protrude to the left and right, so that the saw cut (kerf) is wider than the blade width. The term set describes how much the teeth protrude.
Heel
Toe
Front
Back
Teeth
Gullet
Fleam
Rake
Points per inch (25 mm)
Kerf

Types of saws

There are a number of different categories of saw, all with the same purpose of accurately making larger pieces of wood into smaller pieces of wood. The first and largest division is between hand-powered saws and mechanically powered saws.

Hand saws

Hand-powered saws fall into three divisions, which are defined by the way they hold the blade stiff (a requirement to get an even, clean cut).

A Hand saw uses either simply a blade thick enough to be stiff, or cuts on the pull stoke which reduces the stiffness requirement. This division includes the following specific types of saws:

  • Crosscut saw, for making cuts perpendicular to the grain
  • Ripsaw, for cutting along the grain
  • Hand saw, saws operated by hand as opposed to power saws
  • Floorboard saw, with curved blade
  • Japanese saw, hand saws that cut on the pull stroke with straight handles
  • Keyhole saw or padsaw or compass saw, with narrow pointed blade
  • Two-man saw, for cutting large logs

Back saws

The second category of hand saws keep a thinner blade stiff by reinforcing it with a steel or brass back. Back saws are differentiated by length of blade. While this list is not definitive, they are generally named, from longest to shortest: Mitre Saw, Carcase Saw, Tenon saw, and Dovetail saw. These saws also have a handle that is vertical in relation to the blade. A saw with a straight handle that extends from the top back of the blade is referred to as a Gent's saw. Finally, some Dozuki saws, which are an Eastern-style (cut on the pull stroke)saw have backs and are classified as back-saws.

  • One type of hand powered Miter saw (makes precisely angled cross cuts) uses a backsaw.

Frame saws

The final category of hand saws stiffens the blade by placing it under tension. This is accomplished by placing the blade in a frame. This division of Frame Saws includes the following types of saws:

  • Bow saw, thin blade pulled taut by a twisted cord or rod and nut
  • Hacksaw, for cutting metal
  • Bucksaw or log saw, for fast, rough cutting
  • Coping saw, thin blade tensioned by a metal frame, sometimes called a jigsaw; that term has now become more common to describe a motorized hand held saw with a reciprocating blade.

Mechanically powered saws

Mechanically powered saws mechanically move the teeth past the wood while the saw itself is held stationary. This is accomplished in one of three ways: the teeth are along the perimiter of a flat, circular blade; the blade reciprocates up and down rapidly; or the teeth are along one edge of a continuous band. They are more specifically differentiated as follows:

Circular blade saws

  • Circular saw, machine-driven for industrial sawing of log and beams, typically found in sawmills - also name given to smaller hand-held saws
  • Table saw, circular blade rises thru a slot in a table, most common piece of stationary woodworking equipment. May be direct drive or belt driven. The latter is sometimes called a Contractor's Saw. Can be set on a workbench, on steel legs, or a base specifically built to hold the saw.
  • Cabinet saw, similar to a table saw, but more precise and more powerful, often driven by multiple belts - an enclosed base stand is an integral part of the saw
  • Radial arm saw, versatile machine used mainly for cross-cutting where the blade is pulled on a guide arm through a piece of wood held stationary on the saw's table
  • Rotary saw, for making accurate cuts without need for a pilot hole in wallboard, plywood, and other thin materials, also called a spiral cut saw or a "RotoZip". The latter is a trademark owned by Bosch Tool Corp. who pioneered this type saw - design is similar to a small wood router, bits are similar to a twist drill, some cut on the upward twist, some cut downwards
  • Electric miter saw, (also called chop saw, cut-off saw or power miter box) – for making accurate cross cuts and miter cuts. The basic model has it's circular blade fixed at a 90º angle to the vertical, a compound miter saw's blade can be adjusted to other angles. A sliding compound miter saw has a blade which can be pulled through the work similar to the action of a radial arm saw, which gives a greater capacity for cutting wider boards

Reciprocating blade saws

  • Jigsaw, narrow blade for cutting irregular shapes, typically held in one hand. Historically was called a sabre saw (also saber) saw - no longer a common term.
  • Reciprocating Saw, action similar to a jigsaw, but much larger, more powerful and with a longer stroke. Normally held in both hands, useful for demolition work. Often called a "Sawzall" which is actually correct only if made by the Milwaukee Tool Co. because they pioneered this type saw and "Sawzall" is their trademark. Reciprocating saw is the correct term to avoid violating trademark rights.
  • Scroll saw, motorized version of the coping saw for making intricate curved cuts.

Continuous band

  • Band saw, with motor-driven continuous band
  • Chainsaw, motor-driven, for felling trees

Types of saw blades and the cuts they make

Crosscut
Rip cut
Plytooth
Dado blade

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Reciprocating saw is the correct term to avoid violating trademark rights. A World Championship Poohsticks race takes place in Oxfordshire each year. because they pioneered this type saw and "Sawzall" is their trademark. The 'sport' of 'Poohsticks' — in which competitors drop sticks into a stream from a bridge and then wait to see whose stick will cross the finish line first — began as a game played by Pooh and his friends in the stories, but has crossed over into the real world. Often called a "Sawzall" which is actually correct only if made by the Milwaukee Tool Co. Williams, Was the Winnie-the-Pooh a good Muslim?, and Frederick Crews' The Pooh Perplex and Postmodern Pooh, which both poke fun at literary theory. Normally held in both hands, useful for demolition work. T.

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The basic model has it's circular blade fixed at a 90º angle to the vertical, a compound miter saw's blade can be adjusted to other angles. In December 2005, Disney announced that Pooh's friend and owner Christopher Robin would be replaced by a red-haired tomboy-like girl for a planned 2007 series [1]. Electric miter saw, (also called chop saw, cut-off saw or power miter box) – for making accurate cross cuts and miter cuts. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. who pioneered this type saw - design is similar to a small wood router, bits are similar to a twist drill, some cut on the upward twist, some cut downwards. The district court found in favor of Stephen Slesinger, Inc., and as did the U.S. The latter is a trademark owned by Bosch Tool Corp. with The Walt Disney Company, with whom she had contracted to assign the rights, she brought an action to validate her termination notice in federal district court.

Rotary saw, for making accurate cuts without need for a pilot hole in wallboard, plywood, and other thin materials, also called a spiral cut saw or a "RotoZip". In the wake of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, Clare Milne, daughter of Christopher Robin, attempted to terminate the rights of Stephen Slesinger, Inc. Radial arm saw, versatile machine used mainly for cross-cutting where the blade is pulled on a guide arm through a piece of wood held stationary on the saw's table. After 13 years, the suit finally ended in March 2004; Disney won. Cabinet saw, similar to a table saw, but more precise and more powerful, often driven by multiple belts - an enclosed base stand is an integral part of the saw. Although she has collected $66 million, she claimed to be owed over $200 million more. Can be set on a workbench, on steel legs, or a base specifically built to hold the saw. In 1991, Shirley Slesinger Lasswell, the widow of Milne's literary agent, who inherited rights to Pooh, filed a lawsuit against Disney, claiming that she was being cheated out of merchandising rights to the characters.

The latter is sometimes called a Contractor's Saw. Milne's characters until 2026 (when the copyright expires). May be direct drive or belt driven. A. Table saw, circular blade rises thru a slot in a table, most common piece of stationary woodworking equipment. Sometime around 1998, the Garrick Club sold Disney the rights to all of A. Circular saw, machine-driven for industrial sawing of log and beams, typically found in sawmills - also name given to smaller hand-held saws. Christopher Robin Milne sold his rights to the other copyright holders before his death in 1996.

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One type of hand powered Miter saw (makes precisely angled cross cuts) uses a backsaw. Milne Family and the E. Two-man saw, for cutting large logs. A. Keyhole saw or padsaw or compass saw, with narrow pointed blade. Milne left the rights to Pooh, and his other characters, to five beneficiaries: The Garrick Club, Westminster School, The Royal Literary Fund, the A. Japanese saw, hand saws that cut on the pull stroke with straight handles. A.

Floorboard saw, with curved blade. A. Hand saw, saws operated by hand as opposed to power saws. Christopher Robin has been replaced with an as-of-yet-unnamed girl. Ripsaw, for cutting along the grain. The classic characters, plus Lumpy, are expected to appear in a television series in 2007. Crosscut saw, for making cuts perpendicular to the grain. The last of the movies listed introduced a elephant-like heffalump named Lumpy.

Many direct to video featurettes have been created, as well as the features The Tigger Movie, Piglet's Big Movie, and Pooh's Heffalump Movie. Today, Pooh videos, teddy bears, and other merchandise generate $1 billion in annual revenues for Disney – as much as is earned by Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto combined. Pooh has become one of the most lucrative literary franchises in history. In 1983, a fourth featurette, Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore, was released.

This feature version featured new bridging material and a new ending, as it had been Walt Disney's original intention to make a feature. In 1977, Disney released the animated feature The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, introducing a new character named Gopher – a sign of the increasing Americanization of the franchise (the gopher being a uniquely North American animal), which Disney nevertheless explicitly acknowledged, by having the Gopher proclaim, "I'm not in the book, you know!" This movie features three segments that were originally released separately as featurettes: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966), Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (1968), and Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974). Alongside the cartoon versions, merchandise using the Shepard drawings is now marketed under the description "Classic Pooh". The appearance of the cartoons derives from Shepard's illustrations but the style of drawing is simplified and the characters are given exaggerated features.

Disney's storytelling style and characterisation have little in common with Milne's tales, and were greatly disliked by the Milne family. However this is not true of the more recent films and television series which Disney have made. (Note that Winnie-the-Pooh's name was hyphenated in the Milne books, but lost its hyphens in the Disney incarnation.) The early cartoons were based on several of the original stories. In 1961, Walt Disney Productions bought film and other rights to the character and made a series of cartoon films about him.

Slesinger died in 1953, and his widow inherited the operation. It was only one of many assets Slesinger managed during his lifetime, and not even the biggest — that would probably be the Red Ryder comic strip, which he placed in movies, on radio and other media. Milne contractually assigned the Pooh merchandising rights for the US and Canada to an American literary agent named Stephen Slesinger. Between 1929 and 1932 A.A.

Christopher Robin's toy bear is now on display at the Donnell Library Center Central Children's Room. Winnie's eventual destination was to be the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg, but at the end of the War, the officers of the Fort Garry Horse decided to allow her to remain in the London Zoo, where she was much loved. He was the regiment's veterinarian, responsible for their horses. Harry Colebourn.

Winnie's first owner was Lt. The bear was smuggled to Britain as the unofficial regimental mascot. Winnipeg the bear was discovered at a stop in White River, Ontario, by members of The Fort Garry Horse Canadian regiment of cavalry, en route to the battlefields of France during World War I. Christopher Milne had named his toy after a real bear called Winnipeg, brought to Britain from Canada and whom Milne and his son often saw at London Zoo, and "Pooh", a swan they had met on a holiday (and who appears in When We Were Very Young).

Most of the other characters are also named after toys belonging to Christopher Milne, the exceptions being Christopher Robin himself, and also Owl and Rabbit who are presumably based on real life animals, judging by their appearance in illustrations. The character was named after a stuffed bear owned by Milne's son, Christopher Robin Milne. .
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The Pooh stories were later made into a series of Winnie the Pooh (without hyphens) featurettes by Walt Disney Productions, which became one of the company's most successful franchises. The name "Winnie" was inspired by a similarly named pet bear of a Canadian soldier (details). The setting of the stories is based on the Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, England. Shepard.

H. All four volumes were illustrated by E. Milne also wrote two books of children's poetry, When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six, which include several poems about Winnie-the-Pooh. He appears in the books Winnie-the-Pooh (published October 14, 1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928).

Milne. A. Winnie-the-Pooh ( named after Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is a fictional bear created by A. Kingdom Hearts series.

1998: Winnie the Pooh, A Valentine For You. 1998: A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving. 1996: Boo! To You Too! Winnie the Pooh. 1991: Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too!.

My Friends Tigger & Pooh (Disney Channel, 2007-). The Book of Pooh (Disney Channel, 2001-2002). The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (ABC, 1988-1991). Welcome to Pooh Corner (Disney Channel, 1983-1995).

2005: Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie * V. 2005: Pooh's Heffalump Movie. 2004: Springtime with Roo V. 2003: Piglet's Big Movie.

2002: A Very Merry Pooh Year * V. 2000: The Tigger Movie. 1999: Seasons of Giving * V. 1997: Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin V.

1977: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (compilation of first three featurettes). 1983: Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore. 1981: Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons. 1974: Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!.

1968: Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day. 1966: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (the movie where Pooh's theme song is introduced).