[TheForge] hacksaws

[Demon Buddha]

Dave Brown wrote:
> 
> At 07:55 07/15/02 -0500, you wrote:
> >what blades for a metal cutting bandsaw ?
> 
> Bi-metal.  I haven't found much difference between bi-metal blades from
> various sources.  But then again, my blades don't get used all that heavily.
> 

	That's where the difference makes itself felt.  Heavy use.
	The band saw we had in the Mesa shop had very expensive blades,
	but they cut like a mad demon and  lasted very long unless you	
	did something inordinately stoopid to bugger it up.  Once you
	broke a tooth, the blade would decay fast, especially if cutting
	thin materials.