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stickmaker) wrote2010-11-11 05:12 pm
stickmaker) wrote2010-11-11 05:12 pm
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Tool Use
Nearly forty years ago, I bought - in Franklin, North Carolina - a variation on the braided wire 'commando' saw. Those are rated for wood and soft metals (read: aluminum) but not steel. They're a development of the Gigli bone saw, a type of surgical instrument. Take stainless steel wire with a square or triangular cross section, braid three or four strands together, and you have something which will quickly cut through bone, wood or sheet aluminum.
The saw I have is a magnum version of that. Because the manufacturer braided bits of tungsten carbide in with the wire. That thing will cut case-hardened steel. (I tested it on a rusted-shut padlock which needed to come off anyway.) I even managed to cut a groove in some quartz.
I want more of these. However, I have never been able to find any. There's no label on the actual saw (too small) and the packaging is long gone.
So, can anyone out there help me?
The saw I have is a magnum version of that. Because the manufacturer braided bits of tungsten carbide in with the wire. That thing will cut case-hardened steel. (I tested it on a rusted-shut padlock which needed to come off anyway.) I even managed to cut a groove in some quartz.
I want more of these. However, I have never been able to find any. There's no label on the actual saw (too small) and the packaging is long gone.
So, can anyone out there help me?