Hacksaw

[dimwittedmoose51]

Attention OIly, since Bob doesn't want your Blue Point, I'll take it off your hands.  I think it's pretty cool, achy hands or not....


PM or just toss it in the pile....


DM&FS

[dimwittedmoose51]

My hacksaw stash continues to grow.  No photo of all of them yet, but maybe when i finish cleaning and organizing the shop.  I have a couple of the Porter Disstons, a couple later model Protos,  a couple of the translucent Wards masters,  A recently featured stubby Helwig and Klein(that sitll has what appears to be its original Klein blade), and I never turn down a Millers Falls hacksaw, maybe have 4 of them.  Stanley's if they're old enough, and several others that I'm forgetting right now.......

DM&FS

[keykeeper]

Dang, dimwittedmoose beat me to it. I've been looking for a heavier hacksaw for a while now. One that put tension on the blade and not go all squirrely and stuff. Not many will do that, they are all pretty much junk nowadays.

[dimwittedmoose51]

I agree with the previous poster, that the Lenox is pretty bullet proof by today's standards, but I have a spare Proto that's not bad either if you really need the "collector's badge" on your workers.  Not sure how old it is, but it's painted red and has a plastic insert in the handle, but definitely pre-Stanley Take-over......

DM&FS

[rusty]

I love my Lenox, and it has to be pushing 20 years old....
Once you use a tube frame hacksaw, you will never use a stamped frame one again ...

[OilyRascal]

Attention OIly, since Bob doesn't want your Blue Point, I'll take it off your hands.  I think it's pretty cool, achy hands or not....
PM or just toss it in the pile....

In the pile.

[mrchuck]

My Lenox is the best. Bulletproof.
All others follow.

[kxxr]

>I do like this one but I wont bid since their shipping cost is ridiculous.

1930, if the saw won't fit in a small flat rate box, how would the seller get the shipping any lower? Always looking for cheaper shipping ideas:)

[1930]

>I do like this one but I wont bid since their shipping cost is ridiculous.

1930, if the saw won't fit in a small flat rate box, how would the seller get the shipping any lower? Always looking for cheaper shipping ideas:)

Dont know, I am not necessarily blaming the seller for the high cost to ship

[BruceS]

While on the Hack saw topic.   How many install the blade so it cuts on the pull stroke.   
The reason I do it  is because I once broke a blade and pushed my hand into the broken blade and cut myself very badly.
If you break a blade on the pull,  all the soft fleshy parts are safe.
Give it a try.

[Papaw]

That's how my Pop did it, and so do I!

[scottg]

I use all file handle hacksaws on the pull. But I use pistol grip saws on the push stroke.
 yours Scott

[oldtools]

I like Hacksaws, use them all the time, keep several with different blades at each workstation.
my favorite is the red handle, Klein, & 2 Miller Falls & a jewelers saw. (bottom 5) the rest are odds & ends; Sears, Stanley, Viking,  nonames, etc..

I normally cut on the push stroke (Cuts faster), sometimes will use the pull for thin cuts (control), many times will install blade hooks opposite from each other, helps to prevent blade twisting on cheaper frames.