Saw, Broaches, and File Geometry

  • Saw Blade Geometry
    • Circular Saw Blades
    • Band Saw Blades
      • Blade Tension
    • Other Saw Blades
  • Broach Geometry
  • File Geometry

Saw Blade & Tooth Geometry

  • Blade Width
  • Blade Thickness
  • Blade Configuration
    • Solid (HSS)
    • Bimetal
    • Carbide Tipped
    • Segmented
  • Gullet
  • Tooth Pitch
    • Variable Pitch
    • Constant Pitch
  • Tooth Configurations
    • Standard
    • Rounded Back (Turtle Back)
    • Hooked Rip
    • Woot
    • Low-Rise
    • Combination
    • Protective
    • Back Angle Tooth
  • Kerf Width
    • Tooth set width
  • Clearance Angle
  • Wedge Angle
    • AKA Sharpness, Keenness angle
  • Depth
  • Point
  • Rake Angle
    • Hook & Hook Angle
    • Variable Rake Angle
  • Top Angle
    • Alternate Top Bevel
    • Triple Chip Grind
  • Set
    • Alternate
    • Raker
    • Modified Raker
    • Vari-Raker
    • Vari-Set
    • Wavy
    • Single Level Set
    • Dual Level Set
  • Inserted Blades
  • Segmented Blades
  • Roughing and finishing teeth

Circular Saw Blades

Vibration Dampening

References

Hiziroglu, Salim and Adams, Winn. “Efficient use of bandsaws in Lumber Manufacturing” Oklahoma State Univeristy http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-2513/NREM-5046web.pdf

“US3576200A – Circular Saw.” Google Patents, Google, patents.google.com/patent/US3576200.