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Dennis Potter passed along this trick...a bunch of hacksaw blades stacked up to make a file of any reasonable width. Really works well...nice smooth finish, no compression you'd get with a cabinet rasp. These are made with 24 TPI blades...I'll try 16 next. An 8x32 screw holds them together well but I'm experimenting with Loc-Tite.

 
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that is cool- and I can see applications for it in the work I do.

thanks.
 
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Duane neat idea. Thanks for passing it along.



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This makes a great tool. Because the kerf is wider than the blade, I put a thin spacer between each blade, it separates them and gives a bit of clearance. This keeps it from loading up. Metal washers are a bit thick, I used a punch and cardboard from a cereal box to make the spacers.
 
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Damn...I wish I was allowed to play with sharp objects.


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An old trick along these lines is to stack a number of blades in the hacksaw itself.If you need a deep cut 1/4" wide its an easy way of doing it.
 
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homer So easy even a caveman could do it, Neat idea!


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An old trick along these lines is to stack a number of blades in the hacksaw itself.If you need a deep cut 1/4" wide its an easy way of doing it.



in the years I've been handling metal, this never occurred to me until I saw the photo- now confirmed in your post.

a keeper, for sure.
 
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Mr. Potter is a walking wealth of gunsmithing knowledge.....If you want to learn more I cannot suggest taking his class in Trinidad enough. He taught me so much in such a little amount of time....again, take the class if you can.
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I guess that I am not as smart as some. I wouldn't have ever thought of it. Thanks Duane.
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By grinding each blade to a sharp "V" you can make a steel checkering file to be used in a pinch.

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Duane Wiebe ; If you wish to keep the center of the blades tightly together try using 3M spray adhesive 90 or contact cement either does a marvelous job .

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