Saw swaging and shaping apparatus

An apparatus for swaging and shaping a saw blade comprising:

• a swaging assembly in communication with the blade positioning and transport mechanism and including an anvil surface adapted for engaging a top surface of a saw tooth, opposed members for clamping the saw tooth, an eccentric rotatable swaging die for swaging the saw tooth, and a sensor for detecting a predetermined rotational position of the swaging die;
• a shaping assembly including opposed operable shaping dies having blade shaping surfaces and operable to engage and form opposed side surfaces of a saw tooth into predetermined shapes;
• a blade positioning mechanism in communication with the swaging assembly and with the shaping assembly, and operable to sequentially position in a first position in the swaging assembly with the saw tooth top surface adjacent the anvil surface, and to then reposition the saw tooth to a second position in the shaping assembly between the shaping dies;
• and,
• a control mechanism in communication with the swaging assembly and the shaping assembly and operable to position the saw tooth in the swaging assembly, to rotate the swaging die into contact with the saw tooth, to detect a predetermined rotational position of the swaging die, to move the saw tooth from the swaging assembly to the shaping assembly and operate the shaping dies.