What have you done with the saw on your SAK?

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Brian6244

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Some say that saws on SAKs are useless and some say they're great. What have you used your saw for? :cool:
 
I've cut out more drywall holes than I can count.

Cut the bottom 6 inches off of a hollow core door.

Cut the courtesy panel off of a desk.

Cut plenty of branches/twings over the years.

These have mostly been done with my Swisstool but it's the same saw.
 
I have LONG been a fan of the SAK saw, as far back as in High School in the 80's, we cut a 2X4 in half with one in under 2 minutes to show our shop teacher how good they were.

Remove branches for clear shooting when hunting
Make tent pegs
Cut impromptu fishin' poles

I could list stuff all day.

20+ years of SAK's and have never had a saw break yet.

Wood or Metal, SAK saws WORK!
 
Cut branches during the building of a camp.
Cut small dead treas (10cm diametre) in pieces for firewood. Pretty difficult in the dark, but I managed somehow.
 
I cut the handle off a broom so my kids could help mommie sweep without tearing up the kitchen. :thumbup:
 
Uh...I defaced a lot of school property (desks) back in high school. :rolleyes:

I have actually used it as it's intended to, although I prefer the saw on the Leathermans. Wooden dowells and whatnot. Even used it at school on projects, and at work to fix things (use the diamond file on my LM a lot too).

MacGuyver to the rescue!
 
The most unusual thing I did with my saw was to cut a hole through plastic panel in a PC box. This panel was secured flat onto a steel panel and I used the last tooth of the saw as a scraper to peel away plastic along my cut channel. The large sharp tooth drew out a nice curl of plastic with every draw stroke. I was able to cut out a nice 3 inch square chunk of .1 inch thick plastic without removing the steel behind it.
 
I've cut wood dowels and branches and plastic and made notches on poles and even used for carving and scrapping and once shortened a walking cane.

Luis
 
I've used them to prune broken branches off trees and to cut saplings for walking sticks. It's real handy, having a knife blade in the same handle to switch to, to smooth off the edges after sawing.
 
Cut moulding at Home Depot
Built a Chinese dragon for a school project
Cut PVC to size
Tore cardboard boxes apart (instead of the main blade)
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I think that the dolts who had SAK saws break on them was trying to cut something like petrified wood. It can do MOST cutting jobs, not ALL.
 
The SAK saw performs amazingly well for it's size. I have used them on wood, plastic, and bone. Use it with common sense. A 2 1/2" saw blade is not the tool to cut down a 10" tree with.

Paul
 
Trimmed some small overhanging branches

Sawed off flaying pieces of wood from furniture

Sawed a branch that was stuck under my car in two for removal
 
I have cut small trees to clear trails or make walking sticks. Cut drywall. Cut 2x4s when I am in a tight situation and bigger saws don't fit. Also does good on plastic.
 
Mainly on walks where I've needed a hiking staff. They are superb.

I do remember a forumite describing how he'd managed to regain entry to his house after locking himself out. He used the SAK saw to cut the lock out of the door!

SAKs: How does anyone get through a day without one?

maximus otter
 
Splint for a buddy's broken arm while mountain biking. Then I dousied his scrapes liberally with bactine for chosing the f---ing trail to begin with. Had to get him to the car and then go back for the bikes. A$$

Mike
 
I used the saw on my SwissTool X to rescue my cat.

At two in the morning, after moving into a new house, I discovered that my cat had managed to hide inside the pedestal of the waterbed as it was being built. She was not in good shape (we assumed dehydrated) by the time we found her and there was no way to get her out without draining and disassembling the whole thing, which would have taken several hours. Meanwhile, all of my tools were still packed in boxes somewhere in the garage.

So I used an improvised hammer to drive the chisel on my SwissTool all the way through the wood of the pedestal. Then I put the saw through that slit and used it to cut a cat-sized hole. The poor thing was out in less than five minutes and made a complete recovery.

Those little SAK saws work very well.

--Bob Q
 
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