🔍 Key Concepts

• How a hacksaw blade clears metal chips when cutting • Difference between tooth spacing and tooth offset • Why teeth must be bent slightly left and right instead of in a straight line

💭 Think About

• Which term refers to how far each tooth is bent sideways from the center line of the blade? • Which term is commonly used in hand saws and circular saws to describe teeth bent alternately left and right? • Which of these terms instead refers to the distance between teeth along the blade, not how far they are bent out?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which option is associated with sideways bending or offset of teeth. • Eliminate the option that is known to mean distance between adjacent teeth. • Ignore choices that are not standard technical terms used to describe hacksaw tooth geometry.