tenon saw

British  

noun

1. a small fine-toothed saw with a strong back, used esp for cutting tenons

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Example Sentences

The sawing-in is done with a broad saw; the so-called "tenon saw" being the one most generally used.

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Then, measuring from the centre of the rounded end at B, mark the entire length at 167⁄8 in., and, with the tenon saw, cut off at the mark at right angles.

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With tenon saw make a nick at each of the four points g, in each case reaching to the outer of the semicircles, each nick being strictly at right angles.

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Then, with the tenon saw, cut by the “shoulder” to a depth of 1⁄8 in., and pare the circle with the knife to the shoulder j, so making a round plug, a little too large to go into the holes of Fig.

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Cut down each one, with the tenon saw, from k to x, and, with the chisel, pare down from j to k, first making it square and afterwards slightly rounding it, as shown in section of Fig.

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