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Customer Review
- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 September 2023I'm very familiar with using top-end hand mitre saws, both in the table, and as a free hand-held frame saw.
I've had to shorten some blades to fit different models, so used to removing the temper, drilling a new hole.
This Stanley (made in Taiwan apparently) blade is hardened only along the teeth, and a thin strip along the spine. It's not an intrinsically "stiff" blade, and the tension really needs to be wound up to get a good straight blade.
Decided not to use this in the Nobex (for which it was bought), and modded the ends to fit a shorter, generic hacksaw frame. Trivial to drill a new hole and file the end profile of the blade to give clearance. Not what one expects from saw steel! A couple of teeth chipped off from a very light contact with a tool - luckily at the attachment end - out of the stroke area.
It makes a tolerable hand saw in a hacksaw frame, and will save a bit of wear and tear on my general-purpose hand-saws, and the width of the blade will give a degree of accuracy, though it needs care in setting up, as the blade will twist along its length if the end pins are not perfectly aligned. Remember that the teeth need to point TOWARDS the user with teeth profiled like this.
I'd be really disappointed if I'd bought this to make a precise picture frame, as an expedient wood blade it's quite usable, and very reasonable for the (discounted) £2.00.
