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(08-07-2015, 11:47 PM)Roadracer_Al Wrote: Ooh! I have hacksaw envy. Every time my Chinese bandsaw acts up, I think about getting one.
They are slower than a bandsaw but once setup you really don't need to so anything else to them.
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My only issue with power hacksaws is that they so quickly wear out the teeth on one end of the blade and you end up throwing out a blade with new teeth on the other end you can't use. At least a bandsaw uses every tooth! Mine is a "set it and forget it" with the hydraulic piston controlling the feed rate. Not so in vertical position of course, but 90% of its use is horizontal, just like the power hacksaw.
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You can usually move the vice location to use fresh parts of the blade to avoid that issue
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(08-10-2015, 02:19 AM)awemawson Wrote: You can usually move the vice location to use fresh parts of the blade to avoid that issue
This hacksaw does have a means to position the vice at different points.
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Most power hacksaws would (or should) have that feature with the vise. In your video the solid jaw appears to have been pinned and bolted. Is that so?
It may have alternate pin holes too, I just don't know. What I do know is that most users never bother to move it until the blade is worn so bad on one end that it won't cut, and they forgot it was their last blade.