Job Description:

•    Repairs bandsaw, handsaw, and circular saw blades according to specifications, using hand tools, machine tools, and welding equipment: Examines saw for defects.

•    Cuts broken teeth from saw, using power shear.

•    Forms teeth on saw blade by beveling joints on grinder and welding or brazing them together.

•    Brazes or welds cracks in saw blades.

•    Straightens twists and kinks in blades, using straightening press, and hammers out dents in blade on metal table.

•    Adjusts cutting width of teeth, using swage or special pliers.

•    Computes number and angle of teeth to produce specified cut.

•    Clamps blade in saw-filing machine and turns hand wheel to adjust distance between teeth, angle of bevel, and depth of cut of file or abrasive wheel.