According to the association, the average dock worker makes $147,000 per year in salary, $35,000 a year in employer-paid health care and an annual pension of $80,000. The association's offer would raise the pension by 11 percent.
Crown tooth and spiral blades are two of the most common specialized scroll saw blades. Similar to the reverse tooth design, a crown tooth blades cut both on the up and down stroke. Crown tooth blades are a top choice for extra-smooth and chip-free cuts in plastics.
When cutting wood, it's best to use a blade with more teeth because that produces a cleaner cut. In this case, though, a saw with lots of teeth would get bogged down and create clouds of thick dust. I recently used a carbide-tipped blade with just six teeth, and it cut the backer board quickly and smoothly.