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		Manual Sawing - Course: Technique for manual working of materials. Trainees' handbook of lessons (Institut für Berufliche Entwicklung, 14 p.)
			(introduction...)
			1. Purpose of sawing
			2. Sawing tools
			3. Auxiliary means for sawing
			4. Operation of sawing
			5. Standing position and guiding of the saw
			6. Handling of the saw
			7. Labour safety recommendations

4. Operation of sawing

When pressing the saw blade onto the workpiece and vigorously pushing it at the same time, the teeth are cutting into the material removing chips.

Figure 11 Action of the saw blade

The force applied is evenly distributed over all cutting teeth.

If only a few teeth are cutting (thin workpieces) there is a danger of hooking and breaking away!
Therefore, the saw is to be guided so that many teeth are cutting at the same time!