On 21 Sep, 15:49, "
wrote:
Hi,

I have a house full of steal window frames that have badly corroded
bottom sections.

I've repaired one by drilling through the surrounding wooden fame on
the lower corners and then cutting upwards using a hacksaw blade. I
then replaced the bottom section with teak strip & isopon. After
painting it looks great.

My problem is that cutting the frame by hand took over an hour - and
the rest of the week for my hand to recover.

I was thinking of buying a reciprocating saw but I would need one with
a long and quite thin blade.

Can anyone advise me if this would be is a good idea and if so suggest
a suitable saw, or suggest other ways of doing it.

Thanks Steve.

Use a Cut Saw (sabre)
blades up to 300 long for wood and cirac 150 for metal but no reason
why you cannot adapt a hack saw blade if you have the right tools to
deal with hardened steel
personally I would just buy the bi metallic ones for a one off job
You will never regret buying the tool

Chris