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saw doctor

n
NZ a sawmill specialist who sharpens and services saw blades
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He never saw Daughtry again, because Daughtry saw Doctor Emory first.
To be a deep-woods saw doctor, your basic tool assortment should include a chain-repair tool, 4 min allen wrench, 5 mm allen wrench, flat file, 7/32 round file, 3/16 round file, 5/32 round file, 13-21 mm combination wrench-scrcwdriver, 19-21 mm combination wrench-screwdriver, bent-jaw needle-nose pliers; saw-chain repair parts, spare sparkplug, universal piston stop, carburetor screwdriver with built-in magnet, bar-groove cleaning tool, raker filing gauge, spare screw assortment; sparkplug gap gauge, spare starter rope.
He said: "We have so many saws I can't sharpen them all myself so I need a saw doctor who can help with this."
He said: "As far as I know my grandmother never saw Doctor Who but I am sure she would have been intrigued, excited and flattered by this attention."
At the hospital, patients used to be asked about such things as their weight and dietary habits when they saw doctors about once a month.
FORMER Saw Doctors musician Tony Lambert has died in Thailand.
The Saw Doctors After a three-year break from playing live, Irish rock band The Saw Doctors are back.
HAVING taken a break from the road following their extensive 2012 tour, prominent Irish folkrockers The Saw Doctors recently announced their return to the UK with a full nationwide tour, which kicks off in Cardiff in November.
Between 1939 and 1941 the state began a euthanasia programme which saw doctors ordered to kill around 70,000 Germans and Austrians.
Verdict:ESH CAPELO The Saw Doctors WULFRUN HALL, WOLVERHAMPTON CHRISTMAS arrived early for followers of Irish rock band The Saw Doctors as they delivered the feel good factor on an otherwise cold December night.
Picture House, Edinburgh, November 30 It might have had something to do with the fact that it was St Andrew's Day, but County Antrim's finest, the Saw Doctors, were received with an unusual amount of Celtic fervour for this Friday night show.
THE Saw Doctors have a new member in the form of glamorous female vocalist Lindsey Cleary.
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