Mishnah for Kelim 21:3

הַנּוֹגֵעַ בְּיַד מְגֵרָה, מִכָּאן וּמִכָּאן, טָמֵא. בַּחוּט, וּבַמְּשִׁיחָה, בָּאַמָּה, וּבַסְּנִיפִין, בַּמַּכְבֵּשׁ שֶׁל חָרָשׁ, וּבַקַּשְׁטָנִית, טָהוֹר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אַף הַנּוֹגֵעַ בַּמַּלְבֵּן שֶׁל מַסָּר הַגָּדוֹל, טָהוֹר. הַנּוֹגֵעַ בַּיֶּתֶר וּבַקֶּשֶׁת, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהִיא מְתוּחָה, טָהוֹר. מְצֻדַּת הָאֵישׁוּת, טְהוֹרָה. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, כָּל זְמַן שֶׁהִיא מְתוּחָה, חִבּוּר:

One who touches the handle of a saw at this end or that end becomes impure; [If he touched] its string, cord, cross-piece or side-pieces, a carpenter's vise, or the bow-handle of a bow-drill, he remains pure. Rabbi Yehudah says: also one who touches the frame of a large saw remains pure. One who touches the bow-string or the bow, even though it was stretched, he remains pure. A mole-trap is pure. Rabbi Yehudah says: as long as it is stretched, the separate parts are [regarded as] connected.

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