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Step 9Close Quarters Hacksaw

Close Quarters Hacksaw
A co-worker of mine wrapped tape around this hacksaw blade to use it in some confined space. Usually I'd wrap the other end to use it as a pull saw. I'd use masking tape cuz the feel of this vinyl electrician's tape creeps me out.
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Jan 16, 2010. 3:07 PMcamo3497 says:
place a nail in the end and use the other end of the blade, that way you can pull on it and cut deeper and faster.
Oct 28, 2008. 8:42 AMTekgno says:
Looks like a prison knife o.O
May 21, 2009. 7:15 AMUC FATHER TIME says:
I believe you mean a "shank or a shiv " and no I've never been to prison.

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Tim Anderson is the author of the "Heirloom Technology" column in Make Magazine. He is co-founder of www.zcorp.com, manufacturers of "3D Printer" output devices. His detailed drawings of traditional ...
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