Power hack saw....

I could see cutting things to length, but I can't picture how to (safely) profile a blade with a power hacksaw.

-d
 
Hi Andrew, I once saw a vertical power hacksaw (reciprocating) with a small horizontal table that looked homemade. With it you could chunk enough off to finish profiling on a belt sander. A traditional horizontal power hacksaw as deker stated would only be good for cutting to length.
 
Stag & Steel said:
Hi Andrew, I once saw a vertical power hacksaw (reciprocating) with a small horizontal table that looked homemade. With it you could chunk enough off to finish profiling on a belt sander. A traditional horizontal power hacksaw as deker stated would only be good for cutting to length.
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I'll have to take a picture when I have a chance of this equipment...The blade is oriented vertically, the machine itself is horizontal, longer than it is tall.

From what I remember, they have a small platform to put what you are cutting on... they seemed to function somewhat like a bandsaw. The blade is very thin, I thought they might be flexible enough to cut out blanks, but even if they are only good for rough cutting, that would be good enough.

I'll try to find a pic on the web and post a link.

Andy
 
It is possible that the machines I have seen in the new shop which I thought were power hacksaws might be scroll saws. In doing an internet search, I see that blades for cutting metal can be had for such things, but there isn't much info about how thick the metal can be.

Anybody here know anything about this?

Thanks!

Andy
 
You can cut thin metals with a quality scroll saw, but it's not the right tool for, say 1/16 or thicker blade steels.
Generally scroll saw blades are thin and flexible and they move quite fast.
It could be useful for cutting thin silver or brass sheet .... maybe thin steel, but not blanking blades.
You'll need a metal-cutting band saw for that.
 
JCaswell said:
You can cut thin metals with a quality scroll saw, but it's not the right tool for, say 1/16 or thicker blade steels.
Generally scroll saw blades are thin and flexible and they move quite fast.
It could be useful for cutting thin silver or brass sheet .... maybe thin steel, but not blanking blades.
You'll need a metal-cutting band saw for that.
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OK, very good information. There is a bandsaw in the shop inventory as well, at least one.

Thanks!

Andy
 
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