An additional point for tree cutting. The blades I use for this work are
variable spacing tooth blades. They vary from 2 to 4 per inch, not
something you want to use on thin stock. Yes that is very coarse, but
they cut thick wood very fast, though ugly.
Peace,
Pat
Thusly spake John Miller, On 8/21/2012 12:02 AM:
>> I was looking at the set as a tester for various jobs as well as the
>> tree roots. Since the Sawzall type saw is not much used on this side of
>> the pond it's a case of finding out what it can do. They're mostly seen
>> on TV shows like "Scrapheap Challenge".
>
> I'm trying to come up with an appropriate sexual analogy for the
> throbbing energy of the reciprocating saw...
>
> Seriously, though...whether you're hacking old shock brackets off a
> car frame, doing a little manipulation of wall framing, any sort of
> rigid plastic or metal piping except cast iron, it's hard to imagine
> life without one.
>
> A battery Sawzall (with two, maybe three if they're unbranded eBay
> Chinese, batteries) will take a complete IRS assembly out of a
> pull-it-yerself junkyard old-style Jag XJ in 20 minutes. Cut the
> exhaust pipes, the driveshaft, cut above the trailing-arm mounts
> horizontally along the bottom of the floorpan (don't bother unbolting
> them, they're invariably rusted onto the pan and the bushing's trashed
> anyway), then cut the four cage mounts. Plop, it falls to the ground.
> Now cut the parking brake cables and hoses, drag it out and go.
>
> BTW, if you're foolish enough to listen to me, it's CRITICAL that you
> finish the undercar work BEFORE cutting loose the trailing arms, and
> you should in any case try to avoid EVER being directly under the IRS
> assembly. Most of the time 1-3 of the cage mounts are broken anyway,
> and...well, if it drops you may well depart this mortal existence in a
> fashion too embarrassing for your descendants to explain, and without
> even a Nelson Rockefellerish dose of snickering prurience.
>
>> Karl mentioned the Dewalt blades so I'll probably look at them too, in
>> the 8 and 12 inch lengths you recommend.
>
> The yellow DeWalt 6 and 8in 14tpi blades are good general-purpose
> blades. There's other brands that've worked well for me e.g. Blu-Mol.
> There are specialty blades from other mfrs that suit specific purposes
> well. I wish I'd had a couple of the Milwaukee 'Torch' blades when
> cutting up that well-tinwormed Mk1 Cortina parts car into
> scrap-bin-sized chunks a little while back...
>
> John.
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