On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 17:31:52 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Wed, 3 Aug 2016 12:41:50 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:

The back of the blade doesn't hold a knife edge very well.

Wouldn't imagine it would.

I had to use a wood cutting blade that was soft enough to file the
teeth for cross-cutting.

What are you doing filing your own teeth? I thought you said it was a
recip blade, anyway.

A bimetal blade wouldn't have been any better, since they have HSS
teeth on a soft iron back.

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