Saw Filer-NH

Apprentice:

Will Train:

Job Description:

• Repairs bandsaw, handsaw, and circular saw blades according to specifications, using hand tools, machine tools, and welding equipment: Examines saw for defects.

• Cuts broken teeth from saw, using power shear.

• Forms teeth on saw blade by beveling joints on grinder and welding or brazing them together.

• Brazes or welds cracks in saw blades.

• Straightens twists and kinks in blades, using straightening press, and hammers out dents in blade on metal table.

• Adjusts cutting width of teeth, using swage or special pliers.

• Computes number and angle of teeth to produce specified cut.

• Clamps blade in saw-filing machine and turns hand wheel to adjust distance between teeth, angle of bevel, and depth of cut of file or abrasive wheel.