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[daedong]

Bought a 9" rotary hacksaw blade (48 teeth) today to put in my circular saw . has anyone used them, are they good or bad, is there any special idiosyncrasies. cost $130 au.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

They're available here too. I was given one as a sample at Fastenall (a tool company). I ended up giving it to a friend having to cut a bunch of one inch tubing. He said it worked well but didn't last as long as he thought a fifty dollar blade should.

It's interesting that a blade that looks like it's made for plywood with carbide teeth would be designed to cut steel from rebar to tubing.

DeWalt makes a fourteen inch chop saw that uses a steel blade to cut metal. Mueller Buildings sells and uses the product. They say it's economical compared to using the DeWalt chop saw and carburendum (sp) blades. The saw goes between four and five hundred dollars. Blades are a third of that.

 

[Bird]

I haven't seen or used those blades; sound too expensive for me, but yesterday morning I bought a 3' long half inch steel rod at Home Depot and found it interesting that the label or tag said "Made in the USA or China"; sounds like they weren't sure where it came from. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif I don't know much about steel, but it sure was hard steel; 'bout wore out a little hacksaw blade in my Makita reciprocating saw cutting that rod to the length I needed.

 

[Boone]

I was given one as a sample

Just like a rock star, they lavish gifts on Harv cause he's cool- /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[cmuncy]

As far as saws go for cutting steel or other metals, you might take a gander over at harbor frieght. We picked up a chop saw for unde $60.00 and a couple of wheels to go with it. It was made in China, no bells or whistles, but the thing cuts like there's no tomorrow. 3" I beam is no problem, neither is chromoly tubing in 1 5/8".

Cheap and easy, just leaves a heck of a mess. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Bird]

Yeah, Chris, I've used chop saws and they're sure handy if you have very much to do, but since I very seldom have any metal cutting to do now, or space to keep many tools, I just make do with what I have. The only thing I was doing with that rod was repairing a weight lifting bench my grandson got from a garage sale.

 

[boustany]

Way to much money to pay for a consumable. DeWalt has a cheapy metal cutting blade that look like a disk with slots and no teeth that works pretty good.

I wouldn't pay > $100 for a circular saw hacksaw blade. Loose a couple teeth and its probably no more good. I would & have paid more than that for a wood blade but they don't tend to lose teeth and can be resharpened.

A blade for my metal cutting bandsaw is about $15, and chopsaw blades are even cheaper.

 

[slowzuki]

Those expensive deWalt saws are called cold cutting saws I think. They are usually for when cutting a thick section where abrasives don't work well. Most guys don't find them faster or cheaper.

The harbour freight saws have a history of burning up the motors. Some people I know of killed one every few months, just kept taking em back.

Milwalkee (spelling?) make some of the most reliable chop saws.

I wish I could get the old power hacksaw from school! That old monster was awsome, cheap blades (compared to bands) and nice cuts.

Ken

 

[theonlybull]

i hear ya slow, we just retired our old power hacksaw. 25 years in our shop, and it was bought, worn out and old. it's starting to get worn out agian, and needs some work, but we need larger capacity then the 6x6 hacksaw could do.. dad picked up an almost new 7x12 bandsaw for $375 at an auction ($1200 new).

now we've gotta decide if we wanna part with old betsy /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[daedong]

I will go and try my new toy this morning and report back later in the day.
I did find these websites last night, had i seen these before i think i would have bought a bigger blade 14" for my cut off saw (chop saw) instead of this one that goes in a circular saw.
http://www.austsaw.com.au/
http://www.buy-power-tools.com/dewmetcutcir.html