Free hacksaw blades and how to make them

[Toolmaker51]

Great idea, and not scroogy or chintzy at all. The increased pitch of bandsaw blades will reduce labor on heavy cuts, the raker set outdoing wave set [like a hacksaw blade] six ways from Sunday.
But may contest self-labeling as Ultimate Scrooge!

[Frank S]

Great idea, and not scroogy or chintzy at all. The increased pitch of bandsaw blades will reduce labor on heavy cuts, the raker set outdoing wave set [like a hacksaw blade] six ways from Sunday.
But may contest self-labeling as Ultimate Scrooge!

Agreed, my problem is well it really is not a problem as much as it is the lack of available good still sharp blades. My band saw blades tend not to break and when they start to become dull from passing through the many miles of materials the teeth have very little left in them to do any more cutting as a hack saw or a hole saw. but occasionally I will get a blade that will for what ever reason have a string of teeth go smooth while the rest of the blade is still quite sharp. It happens rarely and usually due to not having enough teeth in the cut on thinner materials with excessive down pressure. But I have run into materials that are poor grades of steel having ball bearing like hardness pockets which will turn a blade into a smooth toothless ribbon almost instantly That is when the stock gets ripped out of the saw and cut with a radiac blade on a chop saw