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Most commonly Sawzall and most other brands use “Bimetal” (AKA “Bi-metal”) or in other words composite blade construction. That means the blade is actually made of 2 different steels bonded together. Sawzall use M2 for the tooth edge which is excellent for knifemaking but the body of the blade is made of a more flexible and therefor softer unnamed generic steel. The softer steel supports the harder and more brittle M2 when the blade flexes and that means with your Tanto blade will hold a better edge along the length of the blade but the upsweep and tip will be a lot less durable.That being said you’ve inspired to make a sheepsfoot blade the same way, in spite of your admittedly endearing rambling. Don’t worry, this artical’s still perfectly read...

Most commonly Sawzall and most other brands use “Bimetal” (AKA “Bi-metal”) or in other words composite blade construction. That means the blade is actually made of 2 different steels bonded together. Sawzall use M2 for the tooth edge which is excellent for knifemaking but the body of the blade is made of a more flexible and therefor softer unnamed generic steel. The softer steel supports the harder and more brittle M2 when the blade flexes and that means with your Tanto blade will hold a better edge along the length of the blade but the upsweep and tip will be a lot less durable.That being said you’ve inspired to make a sheepsfoot blade the same way, in spite of your admittedly endearing rambling. Don’t worry, this artical’s still perfectly readable even with the rambling. :)

Same goes for UK tic tac boxes. We get 16g boxes that are way too short for this. :/That being said this instructable has encouraged me to look for a similar container to do the same thing, so I still got something useful out of it. :)

Neat! Such a simple little thing anyone can make, that's excellent. :)

wow! That is truly a thing of beauty. ?

Forget the killjoys telling you using a 555 chip is overkill this is a fun way to do it and I note from other comments that you wanted to learn about using them.The fun of using a micro-controller to build a Really Useless Box is you can make the finger change speed randomly, make it hesitate, even make it extend but appear to change it's mind about hitting the switch. The extended project from there would be to have it make sounds, add LED "eyes" that blink and wink etc.Like I said though, this is a fun little project for anyone wanting to play with a 555 as a learning project and I like it. :)

in principle yes, especially if it's mid engined, however front engined rear wheel drive cars have more components between the engine and wheels and so have greater mechanical resistance between engine and wheels.

interesting Instructable but good grief you used a lot of thermal grease/heat compound? Is that deliberate for some reason because it will make heat transfer less efficient?

this may just be my favourite instructable ever? ?

this may just be my favourite Instructable ever? ?

wow! You are so late to this party, a) you haven't read this conversation, if you had you'd know a lot has changed since this was posted. b) what is your practical, real world basis for comparison? What have you actually used day to day in the real world in order to make a practical, real comparison? c) "it's called a bookmark" if you're using web mail and not an email client. d) I've had several new PC's since I wrote the initial comment here, as I said late to the party, read the comments and e) I wrote the original comment largely based on actual knowledge and experience (I worked in IT support for 12 years) of the state of play at the time but also partly because it amuses me when ten-a-penny Windows fanboys desperately feel an inexplicable need to defend Windows to the de...

wow! You are so late to this party, a) you haven't read this conversation, if you had you'd know a lot has changed since this was posted. b) what is your practical, real world basis for comparison? What have you actually used day to day in the real world in order to make a practical, real comparison? c) "it's called a bookmark" if you're using web mail and not an email client. d) I've had several new PC's since I wrote the initial comment here, as I said late to the party, read the comments and e) I wrote the original comment largely based on actual knowledge and experience (I worked in IT support for 12 years) of the state of play at the time but also partly because it amuses me when ten-a-penny Windows fanboys desperately feel an inexplicable need to defend Windows to the death with no actual real world knowledge or experience of the alternatives? ;D