Hack saw recommend?

Stanley

Jack Guzman from Maine

>Stanley no longer is tops with plane making but they still make some quality tools.I have a recently purchased Stanley hacksaw that is alot better than the hacksaws I grew up with.---Jack

Re: Hack saw recommend?

Darrell in Oakville

>Just last week I bought some 3/4 by 18 TPI metal cutting bandsaw blade, and replaced the blade in an old meat saw frame. I now have a 22 inch hacksaw that goes through 3/8 bronze like nobody's business. For fine work, I still use the 'standard' little hacksaw (an Eclipse, not particularly high tension) but for rough work I now have The Big One.

Darrell

Wood Hoarder, Blade Sharpener, and Occasional Tool User

Craftsman...

Mainely,Bob

>But if you have a strong desire to drop big bucks there`s always Snap-on or Starret.

MB

Re: Craftsman...

Dean Lapinel

>No...don't need fancy (as I do with some tools). Just need reliable and strong. Guess Craftman or Stanley should do the trick.

Electron-based approach

Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.

>Please don't crucify me... :-)

Bimetal blade in a reciprocating saw. Works wonders. And easier on the body...

DC

I just bought one

Jim in Burlington On

>I just had to buy a replacement saw. Those ones that tighten up from the handle end didn't seem to get much tension at all. I much prefer the cheaper one I have that tightens up with a wing nut just couldn't find it for a few weeks.

Re: Hack saw recommend?

Paul Kierstead

>I recently (like 2 days ago) went to HD and played with a bunch of hacksaws. From their selection, the top-end stanley certainly had the best tension and was nice to use. It cuts well. I can't tell you it is the best, but it was the best there.

Klein tools...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond, CA

>Simply the best hack saw I've found. Tublar steel design with a tightening rod. I've found no equal. Just the right blade and you'll be happy. I love my sazall otherwise...

Less brand than style *LINK*

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>While I dearly love the old hacksaws that tighten with a wing nut at one end of the blade or the other, and have (among others) a file-handled saw and an old Crescent with all-metal pistol-grip handle, I have to admit that some of the newer saws that use leverage for higher tension can get a bimetal blade to a state of tension that's kinda hard to beat. The Stanley linked below is one example, but there are other styles that accomplish the same thing. I would not get this Stanley, by the way - the arc-shaped back is not as cool as Stanley thinks it is - it gets in the way of some cutting and doesn't really give you access to tight spots like they think it will.


Like this one

I bought this one...  *LINK*

Paul Kierstead

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Decent Stanley hacksaw

This is the Stanley I use. *LINK*

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

>It feels solid, tensions up well, and is comfortable in the hand.

Regards from Perth

Derek


Stanley hacksaw

Angle grinder

jim reed @ tallahassee

>An angle grinder with a cut off wheel is faster.

Re: Nicholson works for me

Dave Mount, warmer this morning (-22 F/-30 C)

>Hard to believe that buying a hacksaw would generate so much discussion!

I got a Nicholson high tension frame and am pleased with it. I have no head to head comparison data so I'm not saying it's necessarily better than the others recommended here, just that it works well in its own right.

You are obviously already on to the high tension direction -- that is definitely the thing to do regardless of the brand. Also, seeing the picture of the "arched" Stanley, I would not recommend that geometry.

As I indicated in a previous post, capacity under the spine becomes an issue if you rip out a molding plane tang with a hacksaw, though many other folks chimed in with alternate ways to do that. If you can compare them in the flesh, I would consider depth under the spine as a factor, all other things being equal.

I'll be anxious to see the results (the planes, I mean).

Best,

Dave

Re: Hack saw recommend?

Todd Hughes

>I used to do alot of hack saw work and have more then a few different hacks saws. Just like regular hand saws different jobs might call for different saws.

For general use I think the better grade Millers Falls saws are about perfect, well made and heavy duty with rigid frames is hard to do better then one like thier No.84 or 48.

...These are a rather large saw though and I often had more delicate cuts to do and found a Disston [think no. 200?] small hacksaw where the back is right over the blade to be the perfect choice. Same reason to use one of those straight handle "Gentlemen" type hack saws.

....I always wanted a wooden enclosed handle hack saw and found it surprisingly hard to find one [but then i do live in old tool hell!] till a friend gave me an old Disston. Just a nice well balanced saw to use.

...I also have a big deep throat saw which never got used much but when you need it you need it.

...Got a modern hack saw where it has a lever in the handle that tightens the blade....works good but sort of embarrased to own it and not real comfortable to saw with.

I always figure with tools like this they are so common and cheap thierain't no reason to just get one...or even two....Todd

Re: Starrett...

Patrick Gibbons

>My Starrett wasn't any more expensive than the other comparable hack saws at the hardware store IIRC. It sure is substantially made and works well. It's not American made. I think it started out as pig iron in Brazil.

Re: Hack saw recommend?

Ernie Miller

>The frame isn't nearly as important as the blades. Get good blades! This is not something to cheap out on. I was lucky and stumbled upon a Sterrett frame real cheap but the scales were broke so I made new ones out of Mahogany. At another sale I got a box of about a 100 new Starrett blades. there is night and day between using them and the cheap ones sold at the hardware store. good Blades is the key.

Re: Hack saw recommend?

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

>I have a vintage MF hacksaw. It rarely gets used as the grip/tote/handle (whatever) is too small for my average-sized hand.

Regards from Perth

Derek