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Buy longer than you think to get into that pocket better.
About $20 worth of blades, only the very ends get worn out but they're more or less toast after the job. Carbide are nice and cut a faster but it'll be more or less toast after the job as well so it's a time ~ money thing
M
I think you could take a cut-off wheel and shorten then an inch and get more life out of them.
More of that time / money stuff. If I remember right I kept the one on the left and added to my metal scrap barrel with the rest Most had been bent more than once when they'd bind in the cut, the one on the right was probably the worse based on how it's laying on the floor there
M
99 percent of the time Sawzall blades are worn out near the tang where the shoe is located. It is rare in most cases (not C3 cases) that the tip is worn out. I’d keep all those blades as the teeth are still good where the shoe is and most cutting is done.
Didn't have much time to work on this today, but managed to get one set of shims out. On a whim I decided to smack them and and they moved. Took about 15 minutes of working them back and forth, but they finally pulled out.
Not bad after 38 years
Meanwhile some mission creep occurred at Lowes. Went to get a Bosch sawzall ($119) and 4 ah battery ($60 - a rip, but used to be $99) as none comes with it. Already have the charger and a couple 1.4 ah bats. Got there and found that if I bought a $229 combo pack hammer drill and drill/driver which comes with two 4 ah batteries and a charger, I could then get the sawzall I wanted for free. Seemed like a good deal - basically for $50 more than I planned to spend I got the drill motors and an extra 4 ah bat. I'm kind of hoping the rest of the shims put up a fight so I can tackle them with the saw.
You only need to make two cuts, one per side. Cut the bolt on the inboard side of the bushing. With the nut removed from the bolt on the outboard end, the two bolt pieces and bushing should fall out. Also, as the teeth wear down on the tip of the blade, cut the tip off i.e. shorten the blade, and go at it again.
For a job like this where you will be doing extended cutting, I would recommend a corded Sawzall. A battery powered one will work but you will go through batteries/charges. Definitely a byatch of a job.
You only need to make two cuts, one per side. Cut the bolt on the inboard side of the bushing. With the nut removed from the bolt on the outboard end, the two bolt pieces and bushing should fall out. Also, as the teeth wear down on the tip of the blade, cut the tip off i.e. shorten the blade, and go at it again.
Got one inboard side bolt cut. The head fell out. I took the nut off the other side. But pounding on the bolt sticking out the outboard side is not getting the bushing to move out. Am I missing something here, other than enough money to pay someone to do all this?
The bolts tend to be stuck in the bushing not so much in the shims. Usually that's why you need to cut both sides as the center of the bolt is firmly stuck inside the bushing.
M
Thanks for the post. I bought one of the Diablo's. It cut through the bolt in under 2 minutes. That included stopping a few times to let it cool and drop some oil on it.
Last edited by vince vette 2; 11-14-2018 at 08:17 PM.
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