A piercing saw, also called a jeweler's saw or jeweler's blade, is a saw commonly used in jewelry making to cut sheet metal, generally softer metals, since its fine blades are delicate. Like a coping saw, it holds its blade under tension in a metal frame, and because the fine blades break often, the frame can be adjusted to reuse broken pieces of blade at a shorter length; frame throat sizes typically range from 50 to 200 millimeters, and blades come in a range of thicknesses chosen to suit the metal and the work being done.
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Introduced When (Circa)Dictionary source dates first recorded use of the term to a range, 1870 to 1875 Introduced era (class) In the Other Atlases
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1. Piercing saw (Dictionary.com)
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First recorded in 1870-75
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