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March 21, 2007
World-Class Hacksaw Hack
In the new issue (Vol. 9) of MAKE magazine, Mister Jalopy's "Blast From The Past" feature offers "Old-School Hand Tool Hacks: What I Learned From The 1963 Bureau of Naval Personnel Training Course."
Among the many interesting tips was that above, which made me swoon with delight at 1) its simplicity and 2) its obviousness — after the fact.
Many have been the occasions in the past when my hacksaw proceedings have been truncated prematurely by throat-size limitation issues.
Never again.
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All the full-size hacksaws I've ever had have had extra pins each end allowing 45° cutting, or have had rotatable blade-hooks which allow increments of 90°.
Cutting without the frame in line with the blade is quite hard though - it's hard to keep a straight cut, though possible with practice.
As long as you take it very slowly you can cut many metals with an ordinary TCT circular saw, though I prefer my abrasive chopsaw.
Posted by: Skipweasel | Mar 22, 2007 2:27:12 PM
Every hacksaw I've ever used has required an actual bending of the sawblade itself to accomplish this, which makes continuing a straight cut kind of tricky. Hard to see from that photo, but are there hacksaws that have rotatable blades? If so, how would you keep the blade straight ever?
Posted by: Adam | Mar 22, 2007 12:51:54 PM
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