Terminologies

1.Blade Back: The body of the blade not including the tooth portion.

2.Width: Dimension of the saw blade measured from the tooth tip to the back of the band.

3.Set: Bending the teeth to the right or the left, allowing the blade to clear through the cut.

4.Tooth: The cutting portion of the saw blade.

5.Tooth Pitch: The distance from the tip of one tooth to the tip of the next tooth.

6.Tooth Tip: The cutting edge of the saw tooth.

7.TPI: The number of teeth per inch as measured from gullet to gullet.

8.Gullet: The curved area at the base of the tooth. 

9.Tooth Face: Surface of the tooth on which the chips are formed. 

10.Tooth Rake Angle: The angle of the tooth face measured with respect to a line perpendicular to the cutting direction of the saw.