Saws

Question 1

what are the different pitches for hacksaws

Answer 1

14
18
24
32

Question 2

what hacksaw blade pitch is for general purpose use

Answer 2

18

Question 3

how many saw blade teeth must be in contact with the work at all times

Answer 3

3

Question 4

the guideline for using a hacksaw is to make how many strokes per minute

Answer 4

50

Question 5

the width of a cut is referred to as the

Answer 5

kerf

Question 6

what are the 2 blade sets for hacksaw

Answer 6

straight/alternate

wavy

Question 7

how are horizontal saws sized/capacity

power hacksaw and horizontal band saw

Answer 7

the largest square piece that can be cut

Question 8

the thickness of the body of the blade behind the teeth

Answer 8

blade guage

Question 9

the distance from the tip of the tooth to the back of the blade

Answer 9

blade width

Question 10

the way the teeth or group of teeth are bent

Answer 10

blade set

Question 11

most common cut off saw, used for cutting pieces to length

Answer 11

horizontal band saw or horizontal cut off saw

Question 12

this saw is used for shaping metal, rather than cutting length of stock

Answer 12

contour band saw or vertical band saw

Question 13

speed of power hacksaw is expressed as

Answer 13

spm= strokes per minute

Question 14

speed of bandsaws are expressed as

Answer 14

sfpm surface feet per minute

smpm surface meters per minute

Question 15

how to determine the capacity of a contour band saw

Answer 15

throat distance- blade to column

work height- table to head

Question 16

what are 3 tooth forms

Answer 16

standard or precision-ferrous
hook/claw- soft metal, woods and plastics
skip/buttress- soft material with thin cross section

Question 17

what are 3 blade sets

Answer 17

raker-general purpose-cuts quickly with good finish
wavy-tubing
straight-for straight rough cuts, not a good finish

Question 18

hacksaw pitch for cutting soft, thick, heavy cross sections of steel, iron, bronze, copper and aluminum

Answer 18

14 pitch blade

Question 19

hacksaw pitch for cutting alloy steels, iron pipe and light angle iron

Answer 19

18 pitch blade

Question 20

hacksaw pitch for cutting small cross section including high carbon steel drill rod, medium sheet metal and heavy tubing

Answer 20

24 pitch blade

Question 21

hacksaw pitch for cutting thin sheet metal and tubing, stainless steels and tool steels

Answer 21

32 pitch blade

Question 22

hammer has a wedge shape that is parallel to the axis of the hammer shaft

Answer 22

straight peen

Question 23

hammer has a wedge which is perpendicular to the hammer shaft

Answer 23

cross peen hammer