Power Hacksaw

[jayrush13]

Picked this up of CL been looking for one for a while it has some hockey modifications like the homemade vise and some sweet brazing but it sure will hack through the metal. I cut a railroad spike to try it out and went through in under a minute

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I think I'm going to name it the MAN EATER it looks nasty when running like if you get to close your pulling back a nub

 

[ZRX61]

I've had mine for nearly a year, still don't have a ******** blade for it, where'd ya get yours?

 

[2oolhound]

Cool, I hope you got a good deal on it. I've been thinking of getting one for a while but most of em have too big a foot print for my little work shop. Yours looks smaller but with a good capacity for some big stuff. I would think with the cut off, cold cut, and band saws the demand for these has gone down a bit.

 

[jayrush13]

it came with it the guy i got it from said the local welding supply store could get them but they were spendy i think this is an 18" cut down and drilled for 12"

 

[jayrush13]

Cool, I hope you got a good deal on it. I've been thinking of getting one for a while but most of em have too big a foot print for my little work shop. Yours looks smaller but with a good capacity for some big stuff. I would think with the cut off, cold cut, and band saws the demand for these has gone down a bit.

I think your right but i like the Oddball stuff and you don't see these everyday

 

[ZRX61]

guy i got it from said the local welding supply store could get them

Thats what my local steel shop has been telling me for 8 months or more "oh yeah, we're still waiting for those to come in"

 

[jayrush13]

http://www.victornet.com/subdepartments/Power-Hacksaw-Blades/1705.html

This site shows some for fairly cheap i need to find some for spares

 

[2oolhound]

I think your right but i like the Oddball stuff and you don't see these everyday

It almost looks like it originally was a table top model and someone added the table under it. It could look really neat sandblasted, painted and restored.

 

[jayrush13]

It almost looks like it originally was a table top model and someone added the table under it. It could look really neat sandblasted, painted and restored.

Yes i think it was i will have to look again but the bottom legs have a different name cast in to them

I plan on cleaning it up and am going to try to find a different vise for it then give it a nice coat of paint

 

[tool_scrounge]

I've had mine for nearly a year, still don't have a ******** blade for it, where'd ya get yours?

Sources for power hacksaw blades:

Ebay

Enco

The Starrett branded ones are pretty good. Usually I find 14 tpi works pretty good. Less teeth per inch is really only useful if you cut pretty big stuff on a regular basis.

 

[OccupantRJ]

Sources for power hacksaw blades:

Ebay

Enco

The Starrett branded ones are pretty good. Usually I find 14 tpi works pretty good. Less teeth per inch is really only useful if you cut pretty big stuff on a regular basis.

I get my blades from MSC.

 

[OccupantRJ]

Mount a ***** on the blade tensioning knob, and you can rent that thing out.

 

[oilslick]

That was a good one Occupant.

 

[justanengineer]

Make sure with your saw that it is actually oscillating - lifting the blade off the stock on the backstroke. A friend was amazed after my old man "tuned his up" at how much better it cuts when the blade lifts and isnt rubbing itself dull.

 

[jayrush13]

anyone know where i could get a vise for a saw like this it would be nice to find an old saw thats beyond repair and get a vise that matches its old age if anybody has one let me know

 

[itsvegas]

id love to see this cleaned up/painted.

 

[brucercolbert]

Have about 20 "Starrett" and 20 "Spartan'
Both have the same specs.

18" OAL, HSS , 1.5" wide , 6TPI, .075 thick , .187 hole size

$3.00 each plus postage

contact via [email protected]

 

[stonewellmark]

I have the same one.....er...similar

 

[ert01]

Is there any reason you chose this over a metal cutting bandsaw?

I've seen these come up for sale around here for about $100, but for the same price you can find a metal cutting bandsaw. I opted for the bandsaw but I'm curious why people choose these hacksaws (aside from the obvious vintage coolness factor...)

 

[jayrush13]

I have the same one.....er...similar

Yours looks to be in a lot better shape than mine

What size blades does it use ?

 

[jayrush13]

Is there any reason you chose this over a metal cutting bandsaw?

I've seen these come up for sale around here for about $100, but for the same price you can find a metal cutting bandsaw. I opted for the bandsaw but I'm curious why people choose these hacksaws (aside from the obvious vintage coolness factor...)

My reason was that everyone has a band saw and i have a portaband that i use for small not so accurate cuts

i think these make a more accurate cut when properly set up than a $100 band saw would

plus mine looks like it could rip your hand off if you get to close and it walks across the floor and sounds mean. Its kinda like a metal cutting Pitbull