Well they may make some with blades that turn. I have only ever used really cheap ones, about 8th inch bent bar stock slotted to receive the blade, you sort of force the ends together to spring over the ends of the blade and when released they separate to tension the blade.
My hacksaw has a swiveling tension bolt and a two position hook on the other end so the blade can be set at an angle to get into tight places ai guess. ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Howell To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] mitering trim Got all of that and thank you very much. I read an article on these saws and I thought it had mentioned something about turning the blade, but might just be recalling incorrectly. Chalk that up to old age or something. grin On Jul 7, 2008, at 12:55 PM, Dale Leavens wrote: > No, you don't usually turn the blade, that is just a tightening > mechanism. You turn the cut making the turn as you stroke. It is > also helpful to make your cut with a slight slope toward the back of > the trim stock so you have a slightly sharper edge to bring against > the face of the mating trim. It also makes fine tuning the fit with > say a small round or triangular file or sand paper a lot easier if > necessary. > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.6/1538 - Release Date: 7/7/2008 7:40 AM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
