Abstract: A hand held band saw particularly adapted to split animal carcasses. The band saw includes a novel housing structure that permits quick and easy access to the housing's interior for cleaning of the interior, and for installing a new endless saw blade. The band saw also includes a novel blade guide roller assembly, and a novel blade take-up assembly, which cooperate to permit quick and easy installation of an endless saw blade.

Abstract: A dehider having a novel housing and blade gear assembly and a novel bearing and blade grease system. The novel housing and blade gear assembly permits the dehider's head to be easily disassembled and reassembled for blade changing or sharpening purposes while insuring alignment of the dehider's dual blades upon reassembly. The dehider's novel bearing and blade grease system allows the dehider's bearings to be greased from exterior of the dehider's head, and allows the cavity between the hollow ground dual blades to be provided with grease interiorly thereof also from exterior of the head, i.e., without disassembly of the dehider's head.

Abstract: A portable tensiometer for use in indicating a desirable level of tension in an endless band saw blade, the tension in that blade being adjustable by a separate tension device not connected with the tensiometer. The tensiometer includes first and second arms pivotally connected one with the other. Adjacent ends of the two arms are structured to receive the band saw blade and a portion of the saw's housing in seated relation to prevent significant slipping of the tensiometer in a path transverse to the normal travel path of the saw blade while the blade tension is being monitored. A spring connects the two arms so that the band saw blade is biased toward that portion of the saw's housing on which the tensiometer is seated during use of the tensiometer. A scale carried by one of the arms cooperates with an indicator carried by the other of the arms to inform the user when the desired tension on the band saw blade has been achieved.

Abstract: A hand held band saw particularly adapted to split animal carcasses. The band saw includes a novel housing structure that permits quick and easy access to the housing's interior for cleaning of the interior, and for installing a new endless saw blade. The band saw also includes a novel blade guide roller assembly, and a novel blade take-up assembly, which cooperate to permit quick and easy installation of an endless saw blade.

Abstract: A hand held band saw particularly adapted to split animal carcasses. The band saw includes a novel housing structure that permits quick and easy access to the housing's interior for cleaning of the interior, and for installing a new endless saw blade. The band saw also includes a novel blade guide roller assembly, and a novel blade take-up assembly, which cooperate to permit quick and easy installation of an endless saw blade.