On Sat, 31 Jul, "D. Screen" wrote:
>Can you tell me what the USE stands for on my newly acquired
>R. Groves and Sons sash/tenon saw?

Have no idea, but while looking at stuff on Groves in a recent
thread noticed

Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 09:57:06 -0400
From: Erik von Sneidern 
>>"R. GROVES & SONS"  "SHEFFIELD"
>>
>>      "CAST  STEEL"
>>"ELASTIC S??????  TEMPER"  
>>      "WARRANTED"
>
>"SPRING"

So, the middle line says

 ELASTIC SPRING TEMPER

Which seems to imply that the SPRING is added to steel during
tempering, as opposed to indicating that the steel has a
different composiiton.

Is this a valid inference?

Brent

Brent Beach, Victoria, BC, CA