On Sep 4, 8:59*pm, Ecnerwal
wrote:
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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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Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by

I agree...so take it up with the conservative idiots that do it.

As for the carbide blades, they work well.

One needs to remember that you are "grinding" your way through the
item being cut.

That means that they are slower than the normal blade.

But the normal blade wouldn't be able to cut through what the carbide
does.

Some people will bitch that they are slower...those people would
complain if they had a light saber to work with. ;)

TMT