Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1895 — AN IMPROVED SAW. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AN IMPROVED SAW.

By Means of Which the Depth of the Cut May Be Accurately Gauged. This Ingenious device has Just been patented by a man in Brooklyn. It consists in having the back of a saw detachable, so that It may be moved down the blade to any desired place, thereby gauging the deflth of the cut.

The back is U-shaped to fit both sides of tho blade. The free ends of the back portion extend through recesses In the handle and are fastened in place by a thumb screw. For some kinds of work this arrangement will be found very convenient and useful.

PATENT SAW.