| Term |
Number in Above Diagram
|
Definition |
| Blade back |
3 |
The blade body, not including the tooth portion. |
| Gage |
12 |
The thickness of the blade |
| Gullet |
2 |
The curved area at the base of the tooth. |
| Gullet depth |
4 |
The distance from the tooth tip to the bottom
of the gullet. |
| Rake angle |
10 |
The cutting surface of the tooth. |
| Relief angle |
7 |
The surface of the tooth opposite the cutting
edge, or tooth face. |
| Thickness |
12 |
The thickness of the blade. |
| Tooth |
5 |
The cutting portion of the saw blade. |
| Tooth back |
7 |
The surface of the tooth opposite the cutting
edge, or tooth face. |
| Tooth back clearance angle |
9 |
The angle of the tooth back measured in relation
to the cutting direction of the saw. |
| Tooth face |
8 |
The cutting surface of the tooth. |
| Tooth pitch |
11 |
The distance from one tooth tip to the next tooth
tip. |
| Tooth rake angle |
10 |
The angle of the tooth face measured with respect
to a line perpendicular to the cutting direction of the saw. |
| Tooth set |
13 |
The offsetting of the teeth from right to left
to allow clearance (kerf) of the blade back through the cut. |
| TPI |
6 |
The number of teeth per inch. |
| Width |
1 |
The nominal dimension of a saw blade, as measured
from the tip of the tooth to the back of the blade. |
