anyone got any ideas i use eclipse and bahco
but they dont last too long
reccomendations please folks
many thanks

Don't press on so hard. You won't get any much better than Bahco.

It's been discussed a few times before.

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=71421

Steve

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Originally posted by worX
It's been discussed a few times before.

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=71421

Steve

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I find that using cutting fluid extends the life considerably, same with drills. When I made my chassis I think I used five hacksaw blades, (Eclipse), which I thought was pretty good. Ray

I use Eberle Duoflex (sp?) when I can find them. That last ones I found were a fiver each on some market stall and I still have them both and they are as good as the day I bought them 5 years ago!!!

Really a matter of practice -- learn to relax and don't try and cut to fast.

I cut most of my chassis's 1.5mm rhs with a single Eclipse 18tpi HSS blade -- a 24 tpi would have been better, in fact essential if cutting 1.2mm rhs.

If you still find you are breaking a lot of blades switch to cheaper bi-metal blades -- the teeth blunt quicker but they are harder to break.

Make sure they are tensioned correctly , do not force and use about 60 cutting strokes per minute . At work the blades they supply are crap , at home I use some blades I got in exchange for some work best part of 20 years ago that seem to last forever