Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for clamping and grinding cutting blades having an arcuate shank portion. The cutting blades are held in clamps having one fixed and one movable jaw, with the fixed jaw having a curved surface which interfits with the arcuate shank portion and fulcrums the blade about the oppositely located movable jaw to hold the blade against a rest. The jaws are mounted on a rotary work table.

Abstract: A slotted resilient wedging sleeve is slideably mounted on one end of a solenoid plunger in position to wedgingly coact with an inwardly chamfered edge on the adjacent axial end of the solenoid bobbin when the plunger is drawn into the bore of the bobbin by current flow through the coil. A compression spring on the end of the plunger urges the sleeve into wedging engagement with the chamfered edge and causes the inner periphery of the sleeve to take up any play between the bobbin and plunger, thereby eliminating buzzing of the plunger.

Abstract: A solenoid coil is connected in series with an electric motor. The spring which urges the solenoid plunger away from the coil is of such strength that it will yield to the magnetic attraction of the coil when the motor-starting inrush current is flowing through the coil, but will not yield when the motor-running current is flowing through the coil. Thus the solenoid plunger reciprocates each time the motor is started. The solenoid plunger is formed of a flat sheet of magnetic material curled into the shape of a hollow cylindrical shell. The solenoid frame has a forked portion through which the plunger extends, the forked portion having sufficient depth to minimize side loading of the plunger. An end of the frame is also shaped to act as a spring in holding the solenoid parts in assembled relationship.