Spiral hacksaw blades

[ozarkhillbilly]

Has anyone seen or used these blades? http://www.roundhacksawblade.com/

I wonder if cutting them down to the proper length they would work in my scroll saw, they would come in handy especially when cutting thicker stock.

[William Young (SE BC)]

Yes they work very good.The ones you showed in the link provided are the same as these that a friend sent to me . He only sent me two but I have so far found it impossible to make the one I tried dull . But then it has only had about eight hours of cutting 1/2" red oak so I don't know how much longer it would last. I seldom use spirals but in this case I was making a large sign and a couple other large projects that I couldn't spin around in my saw with flat blades. The package shown is actually 40 years old so they have been around for quite a while. They actually leave less fuzzies than some brands of regular 5" spirals I have used.
The ones shown here (below the package) were made as coping saw blades for use in a hand frame rather than the longer hacksaw blades like you showed but they worked very well when cut to 5" for my scroll saw.
I would imagine you would get two out of one hacksaw blade.

W.Y.

[Mick Walker]

Ozarkhillbilly, I cut this entire 16" X 20" picture from 1/4" oak plywood with just ONE of those blades. I got a bunch of them from my brother-in-law a while back. He found them in a machine shop that he worked in and were going to throw them out. I cut them down to 5" length and flattened the ends with a hammer on an anvil to fit my saw. Just wish I had some smaller sizes, they take almost a 1/8" kerf. Never seemed to get dull and they look exactly like the ones in your post. I see Bill beat me to it, those are the blades.

[ozarkhillbilly]

Wow! I think I am going to have to order some and give them a try! Very nice portrait there Mick!! Thanks both of you for the input.
I'll let ya'll know.