2-362-332 - Worldwide Photography/Heritage-Images

Setting the saw teeth on a hand saw blade, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, 1963. A worker at Slack Sellars & Co Ltd. One of the final processes in the production of a saw, of whatever variety, is to set the saw teeth. In the photograph the saw teeth are set to the correct angle using a saw setting tool. The design of today’s hand saw setting tools remains unchanged.