[TheForge] Hacksaw Blades was Banding steel

[Washington, Aubrey O.]

Handy stuff.  I've used little bits of strapping for the springs in Viking style locks I've made.  I didn't bother heat treating because the working distance the spring needs to move is very small.

Aubrey

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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of George Dixon [gdblacksmith at charter.net]
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Hacksaw Blades was Banding steel

Tom Latane' told me how once when he was camping he realized he had
forgotten a saw (he was planning to do some woodwork in the woods).
He solved his problem when he found a piece of metal strapping,
annealed it (he uses charcoal for all of his forge work anyway),
filed in and set the teeth and then hardened it after punching a hole
in each end....semi-instant bow saw blade.......

George Dixon
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