. Gleanings in bee culture. oumled, something like a rat-tail iile, in-stead of being made with a sharp knife edge,it would give tlie pioper shaiie to tlie root ofthe lootli. and would, at the same time, rem-edy the trouble we often have, by having theteeth of the Iile on this knife edge crumble orbreak down. We have been selling these files now forseveral months back. In order to get themwe were obliged to order a))out S-lod worth,that the file-makers could put in the re(juisitemachinery to finish them this way withouttoo much expense. We have tliem now,made 4, o, 0, 8, and 10 inches in lengt


. Gleanings in bee culture. oumled, something like a rat-tail iile, in-stead of being made with a sharp knife edge,it would give tlie pioper shaiie to tlie root ofthe lootli. and would, at the same time, rem-edy the trouble we often have, by having theteeth of the Iile on this knife edge crumble orbreak down. We have been selling these files now forseveral months back. In order to get themwe were obliged to order a))out S-lod worth,that the file-makers could put in the re(juisitemachinery to finish them this way withouttoo much expense. We have tliem now,made 4, o, 0, 8, and 10 inches in length, atprices respectively, 10,1), 20, 25, and ;>5 presume I might get this idea patented, asit is, so far as I know, my own invention ;but then, I think I would rather enjoy hear-ing you tell how nnich you appreciate theimprovement, than to have a patent. In regard to the matter of square corners,we copy the following from Disstons l) mentioned above. He is speaking i^f thecommon way of filing a sharp corner :. PROPER SHAPE OF THE TOOTH FOR A CIKCULAHSAW. Tcetli filed with sliari), square corners at the liot-toni fre(iiHMitlv break. It is huiieiitable to see thisstate ol tliiiijis wliin tlnv can lie so easily avoided. We have thdusands of dollars worth of saws cometo be rejiaircd, that break in cold weather by rea-son of these sharp coiners. They are ruinous totlie saw in more wavs than one. If you will sec tohaving- your saws teeth kcjit in the shajic theyleave us, .vou will do away with this trouble and ex-pense. The moment the teeth commence to fict inbad shape, your saw begins to sutler in diameter,from the fact that the tiler, wishing; to f^ct his i)oiutsSharp too soon, files from the toj, Instead of the faceof the tooth. This does not help him one i>artlele,but rather the r\ orsr; and cvciy stioke ol the fileon the toj) weais the saw away more than fivestrokes on the lace or under side of the tooth. The cnyravinKof tooth willfully illus-trate th


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