ianmac
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Post by ianmac on Sept 30, 2008 5:20:36 GMT
Has anyone put a blade in upside down??
I put the slitting saw in wrong way round the first time i used it ;D
Didnt make the same mistake twice ;D
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Post by Tel on Sept 30, 2008 8:40:18 GMT
;D embarrasing, ain't it? I had a bandsaw blade with the teeth pointing the wrong way once - was just about to get on the dog'an to H&F and give 'em a blast when the penny dropped.
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paul
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Post by paul on Oct 12, 2008 7:12:24 GMT
I've got an improvement to the 'take your time' tip... interleave (posh word huh?!) the sawing with some other operation. I had to make an accurate 3" long cut through a lump of steel so I did it in bursts of a minute at a time as and when between some turning work. Took all afternoon but I hardly noticed it - the arm didn't ache and the cut was pretty accurate. Sweet.
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Post by steammadman on Oct 29, 2008 22:21:50 GMT
as an apprentice over 60years ago we had a trade master who used to shout at you
if the hacksaw wandered 2DONT GO TO SLEEP ON THE BLOODY THING LADDY, LET THE TEETH DO THE.CUTTING
GOOD ADVICE worth remembering
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littlechuffer
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Post by littlechuffer on Nov 1, 2008 23:24:41 GMT
OK while were on!! how many of US  have used a drill press (in reverse) and not realized. |
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Prowe
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Post by Prowe on Nov 3, 2008 12:53:44 GMT
Not a drill press - but I will admit to doing it on ocassions with battery driven hand held drill/screwdrivers.
Phil
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Post by isc on Jun 20, 2009 13:17:59 GMT
Cutting the big end on connecting rods for my hot air engines I use a hot air engine powered power hacksaw with a junior hacksaw blade in it.The engine used is based on James G. Rizo's Dyna with 1 3/4" bore(it only takes about 15 min to cut 1/2" steel bar),it makes a perfectly smooth cut,and it feels good letting one model help build another!A lot of my engines have over hung cranks with ball races,but the others need to be split and are fitted with bronze bushes.
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Post by cookieboy on Jul 5, 2009 18:51:18 GMT
I presume that you are all sorted now in terms of the Stuart 10v and the wayward con rod
I did exactly the same - but when all put together it works fine....
hope yours is running now
Mike
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Post by shedman on Dec 12, 2010 20:52:18 GMT
Must admit I was surprised how much more control a junior hacksaw gives. I used a junior hacksaw to split the eccentric straps for my "Minnie" traction engine and ended with a good result. The cut ends of the straps were not that much off square either!!!!! For a small job the junior was more controllable than a big wiggly waggly hacksaw and allowed a little extra metal on the straps for final machining too. |
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Post by steammadman on Dec 21, 2010 10:58:35 GMT
In my young apprentice days we were alwaystold dont go to sleep on the hacksaw,
LET THE TEETH ON THE BLADE DO THE WORK, thats what they are there for.
In other words "there is no need to apply a lot of pressure on the saw,
then the blade will not wonder.
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have used a drill press (in reverse) and not realized.
