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		Operations on Band and Circular Sawing Machines - Course: Mechanical woodworking techniques. Trainees' handbook of lessons (Institut für Berufliche Entwicklung, 19 p.)
			(introduction...)
			1. Purpose of Circular Sawing Operations
			2. Assembly of a Table Circular Sawing Machine
			3. Tools
			4. Mode of Operation of a Circular Sawing Machine
			5. Circular Sawing Technology
			6. Purpose of Band Sawing Operations
			7. Assembly of a Band Sawing Machine
			8. Tools
			9. Mode of operation of a band sawing machine
			10. Band Sawing Technology

4. Mode of Operation of a Circular Sawing Machine

The saw blade brought into play by an electric motor separates solid wood and sheet material longitudinally and crosswise to grain direction.

Stop rule and receding table facilities permit the cutting of size-accurate workpieces. This results in a rough cutting edge which must be further processed.

Figure 7 Mode of operation of circular sawing