Abstract: A tool having an exceptionally sharp replaceable working element, in which the edges of the working element are protected by elongated rods, and a handle for the tool having parallel slots therein and the rods being wedged in the slots to hold the working element firmly in place during use.

Abstract: The present invention is a stand constructed primarily to support a stringed musical instrument in a generally upright, readily accessible position. The stand further protects the instrument from inadvertent rotation by providing spaced supports which engage the rear elements of the instrument to support the instrument in a fixed position.

Abstract: The present invention is a backing plate for an acetabular reamer assembly that allows for the attachment of a reamer driver. The acetabular reamer assembly comprises a cutting cup and backing plate, the cutting cup having an external surface with cutting teeth formed therein and having an internal surface, the cutting cup terminating in a peripheral edge. The rigid backing plate has a planar surface which terminates in an outer circumferential edge, the outer circumferential edge being coupled to the peripheral bottom edge of the cutting cup, the rigid plate also having an internal edge profile. The internal edge profile of the rigid backing plate has at least two finger elements protruding from the outer circumferential edge thereof towards a central vertical axis drawn perpendicular to the planar surface of the plate. Further, the finger elements of the backing plate form a holding opening for a reamer driver.

Abstract: A method is shown for manufacturing a bone saw blades from a metal blanks by using an electric discharge machining process. Plural stacks of metal blanks are formed and loaded into a jig where the stacks are secured in an angular position. The stacks of metal blanks are subjected to an electric discharge machining process whereby teeth are machined into the peripheral edges of the metal blanks. The positions of the stacks are switched and the electric discharge machining process is repeated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a sheet metal tool that is not planar, and the tools made from the method. A sheet metal blank has a predetermined design of etching resistant material applied to one surface to define exposed areas separated by resist areas. A layer of etching resistant material is also applied to a second surface of the metal blank which overlies at least the exposed areas on the first surface of the metal blank. The exposed areas on the first surface are then subjected to etchant applied from the first surface of the metal blank through the exposed areas to form a tooth shape with a cutting edge. The formed cutting edge terminates in a sharpened surface in the second surface, protected by the layer of the etching resistant material on the second surface of the metal blank.

Abstract: A method is shown for manufacturing a sheet metal tool from a metal blank in which a predetermined pattern of etching resistant material is applied to the back surface of the metal blank to define exposed areas separated by resist areas. A layer of etching resistant material is also applied to the front surface of the metal blank which overlies at least the exposed areas on the back surface of the metal blank. The exposed areas on the back surface are then subjected to etching treatment through the exposed areas to form a tooth shape with a cutting edge. The etching treatment is applied solely from the back surface of the metal blank, whereby the cutting edge is so formed terminate in sharpened surfaces in the plane of the front surface, protected by the layer of the etching resistant material on the front surface of the metal blank.