>> but fine
>> for sheet metal. It cuts patches from sheet metal without distorting the
>> edges as shears do, cuts curves, never runs out of air, is cheap, fast,
>> etc. etc. Many people already have these saws, and this is a way to get
>> more use from them.
>
> Yes. I put a sunroof in my Escort with an electric sabre saw. I bought
> lots of metal-cutting blades because I expected to have trouble. Nothing
> of the sort. Did the whole hole on one blade.
And a good sabre saw with the right blade can handle surprisingly thick
stuff. I cut a 275 gallon oil tank in half once with my Makita. The
walls are about 1/8" thick. It took two blades.
timd@ptltd.com (Tim Dziechowski - Phoenix Technologies - Cambridge, Mass)
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