[TheForge] Dies,human chop saw.

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer wrote:
> If you bend a piece of 1" pipe in a long arc and slit the ends, you 
> can cut a cheap chunk of bandsaw blade to fit and silver solder stop 
> pins at the end. That way you get a nice long stroke for faster 
> cutting...at very low cost.
> Just spring the pipe down, like stringing a bow, and insert the blade 
> in the slots....pf
>
I pick up really large butchers saws every once in a while at garage 
sales.  No ne really knows what they are or where to get blades.  They 
look like a wooden handled hacksaw, but 2-3 foot in length with about 8 
to ten inch throat.   I make up metal cutting blades for them from 
bandsaw stock.

Charles