Saw Filer-NH

Kennebec Lumber Co • Rumney, NH

3d

About The Position

This role involves the repair of bandsaw, handsaw, and circular saw blades according to specifications. The Saw Filer will use hand tools, machine tools, and welding equipment to examine saws for defects, cut broken teeth, and form new teeth. Responsibilities include brazing or welding cracks, straightening blades, and adjusting the cutting width and angle of teeth to produce a specified cut. The position requires clamping the blade in a saw-filing machine and adjusting various settings for optimal performance.

Requirements

• Experience with hand tools, machine tools, and welding equipment.
• Ability to examine saws for defects.
• Skill in cutting broken teeth using a power shear.
• Proficiency in forming teeth by beveling joints and welding or brazing.
• Experience in brazing or welding cracks in saw blades.
• Ability to straighten twists and kinks in blades using a straightening press.
• Skill in hammering out dents in blades on a metal table.
• Knowledge of adjusting cutting width of teeth using swage or special pliers.
• Ability to compute number and angle of teeth for specified cut.
• Experience operating a saw-filing machine and adjusting settings.

Responsibilities

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed