On Sep 4, 9:59*pm, Ecnerwal
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*Wes wrote:
Wow, an on topic question and no replies.

Despite the people that claim that all the spam / politcal BS / BS BS
has no effect, it does - on-topic posts get lost in the noise.

I don't have any sawzall blades of that sort, but I do have a couple of
Remington grit-edge rod saws for the hacksaw, very good for cutting
nearly anything - glass, ceramic tile, hardened steel, etc. Cast iron
should be no problem, though there may (or many not) be better ways to
cut it.

I got a Starrett hacksaw blade (flat with grit edge) and was sorely
disappointed with it - the grit peeled right off *- I was looking for
something with less flex than the rods when I was cutting out the
remains of some sorely abused hardened steel bushings which would not
press out. The Remington cut them just fine, but I needed to take it
very lightly to not cut into the housing past the bushing, since the rod
took on a bit of a curve under cutting pressure, even with a
high-tension frame.

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I'll second that the rod saws are great. I've cut tons of tile with
them. I do have a pack of carbide sawzall blades. I haven't tried one
yet, but I had a guy here doing some plumbing, and he gave one a shot
on a 2" iron pipe. He didn't like it - said it didn't cut worth a
damn. I, later in the same job, cut a pipe that was in a closet that
the plumber just couldn't fit in to (BIG guy). I used a brand new
bimetal blade, and it zipped right through.

When I get to doing the tiling (probably in a couple of weeks), I'll
try the carbide blade on that. I was also thinking that the carbide
blade might be useful on harder steels.