saber saw keyway cutting

**Frank S** · Oct 21, 2021, 06:32 AM

Totally the wrong tool for the job, but I found myself not having anything small enough to cut a keyway with in a 5/8" bore other than to cut them entirely with a file. I clamped the foot of my saber saw in a vice then used it like a die filer to rough cut the small keyways in several sprockets then finished them off with a file it really saved a lot of arm motion.

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**Unkle Fuzzy** · Oct 21, 2021, 11:01 AM

My machine shop teacher told me that there no wrong way to do a job. There are better ways, but no such thing as a wrong way.

**WmRMeyers** · Oct 21, 2021, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by Unkle Fuzzy

My machine shop teacher told me that there no wrong way to do a job. There are better ways, but no such thing as a wrong way.

So long as when the job is done, you still have all your body parts properly attached, and all your blood is still inside your body where it belongs.

**motorhead** · Oct 22, 2021, 05:14 PM

I was given my first set of real tools at the age of 4 and it's been down hill since. what they haven't been able to sew back on has been able to grow back... so far...

**WmRMeyers** · Oct 22, 2021, 08:56 PM

Originally Posted by motorhead

I was given my first set of real tools at the age of 4 and it's been down hill since. what they haven't been able to sew back on has been able to grow back... so far...

The family rule is "If dad didn't bleed on it, it isn't fixed yet." And I've removed a few small chunks. Only one needed stitches, so far. I have also outgrown the feeling that I'm impervious and immortal. Something to do with needing two total hip replacements in the past 15 years. If you just wear out body parts, you can't very well be impervious.

**motorhead** · Oct 25, 2021, 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by WmRMeyers

The family rule is "If dad didn't bleed on it, it isn't fixed yet." And I've removed a few small chunks. Only one needed stitches, so far. I have also outgrown the feeling that I'm impervious and immortal. Something to do with needing two total hip replacements in the past 15 years. If you just wear out body parts, you can't very well be impervious.

Then I have fixed a whole lotta s**t over the years. I got a new hip almost to years ago (at age 58) because the end of the femur died. I had my 9th back surgery earlier this year and just and the nerves in my elbows worked on. My motto is stolen from Monty Python's "Holy Grail" "It's only a flesh wound!"

**Frank S** · Oct 22, 2021, 08:51 PM

funny thing is I could have saved myself a lot of trouble had I just ordered the sprockets bored to size with the keyway already in them. it was a 4 week lead time and 4 times the price. a real no brainer there

**WmRMeyers** · Oct 22, 2021, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by Frank S

funny thing is I could have saved myself a lot of trouble had I just ordered the sprockets bored to size with the keyway already in them. it was a 4 week lead time and 4 times the price. a real no brainer there

Oh yes! I can certainly see that!

Bili

**wizard69** · Oct 30, 2021, 06:29 AM

Originally Posted by Unkle Fuzzy

My machine shop teacher told me that there no wrong way to do a job. There are better ways, but no such thing as a wrong way.

Well the wrong way is when the doer or somebody nearby gets hurt. That being said there are probably 100's of ways to get a job done safely.

Interestingly this just makes me more interested in doing a homemade die filer that can also take blades. Once you have one I suspect that there would be many uses and it would have to be better than the stuff that is marketed as an upside down jig saw.