On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:14:45 GMT, Stuart Noble wrote:

PeterC wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:57:10 -0700 (PDT), RubberBiker wrote:

It's a bit of a fine line...
No longer necessary to compromise:

http://tinyurl.com/mafgxm

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/78811/...00mm-Pack-of-2

Yes, they've been bi-metal for some time now. Trouble is, the all-hard ones
were good for 'special' knives - I've several of different shapes, but the
bi-metal ones don't hold an edge so well.

I bought some cheap blades, then found that I had a piece of steel tube
that had been specially made for smoothing the blades.

These are handy tools

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/36273/...24Tpi-12-300mm

A sort-of-supported pad saw, but not sure about the blade in as shown.
Could help with some jobs. I might make something similar to try it out.
If I do need to push a blade with a pad saw, I try to use part of a broken
one, where the end teeth are still unworn, on the grounds that I'll prolly
break it.
--
Peter.
The head of a pin will hold more angels if
it's been flattened with an angel-grinder.