Not much luck
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Burning Brakes
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Not much luck
I am trying to get the roll cage out of my 71 so that I can lift the body off. I bought a reciprocating saw but I am having litlte luck making progress. I am using the metal blade that came with it, is it possible that it needs to be a more aggressive blade?
I also used my cutting wheel on the air compressor, which worked but it is hard to get it into certain places and I could not cut the bar all the way around.
Any suggestions?
I also used my cutting wheel on the air compressor, which worked but it is hard to get it into certain places and I could not cut the bar all the way around.
Any suggestions?
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The blades that come with those saws are budget blades made from soft materials. Stop by a hardware store, and get a real good blade. Generally, the cheaper the blade the quicker it will dull.
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Godfathers Ghost, I don't know what kind of contractor you are but we just came out with a new blade for cutting cast iron pipe. It is a diamond grit edge blade. I just received the launch kit yesterday and it works very well.
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Thank you for the endorsement. I have worked for Lenox for the past 22 years so I am biased but they are by far the best out there. You must be using a cheap blade. For cutting the roll bar get yourself a 14 or 18 tooth blade. This will provide you smooth cutting. If you can a little lube helps out a lot. Any questions about cutting anything let me know.
Godfathers Ghost, I don't know what kind of contractor you are but we just came out with a new blade for cutting cast iron pipe. It is a diamond grit edge blade. I just received the launch kit yesterday and it works very well.
Godfathers Ghost, I don't know what kind of contractor you are but we just came out with a new blade for cutting cast iron pipe. It is a diamond grit edge blade. I just received the launch kit yesterday and it works very well.
The ones I have used are pretty thin and buckled fairly easily under pressure and of course when plunging.
MorpheusGPR
In addition to Gordnm advice, cutting oil really makes a dif too.
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I don't think you are going to plunge cut cast iron. If you are talking about the standard tooth edge blades we do make a standard .035 and a .042 Lazer blade and also a .062 Demolition blade. I use the demolition blades all the time and they are darn near impossible to bend even when plunging.
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I just went back a reread the packet of info I got. The blade is actually .042 thick which is thinner tha nmost of the competition. The reason for this is that we remove less material therefore cut the cast iron pipe faster.
I don't think you are going to plunge cut cast iron. If you are talking about the standard tooth edge blades we do make a standard .035 and a .042 Lazer blade and also a .062 Demolition blade. I use the demolition blades all the time and they are darn near impossible to bend even when plunging.
I don't think you are going to plunge cut cast iron. If you are talking about the standard tooth edge blades we do make a standard .035 and a .042 Lazer blade and also a .062 Demolition blade. I use the demolition blades all the time and they are darn near impossible to bend even when plunging.
As far as the diamond that I've been using, they are designed to do stone work and made in Italy. They usually break off just at the end of the clamp area if jammed. I like to use these for lath/stucco and old real plaster walls. They are about the only type blades that work well in those applications and you often find yourself hitting something in the blind. I did use some abrasive carbide blades that didn't break and were thick, but was never able to find them again.
I just assumed it was all marketing, because a good unbreakable diamond blade would last too long, sort of like a diamond core drill.
