->Jame Fuerstenberg suggests that an air-operated saber saw would be very
->nice to own. I agree, because one needs a way of cutting sheet metal
->cleanly--both on the car and from sheet stock. I did a lot of it with a
->cutoff wheel, but my 2HP compressor could not keep up, so I spent a lot of
->time waiting for air. Moreover, those ads that say a cutoff tool "cuts
->metal like butter ads" are bull-doodoo. And cutoff tools don't work well
->on curves.
->
->Anyway, I was on the point of buying a saber saw, when I noticed that the
->local hardware store had hacksaw blades for my electric Sears hand-held
->jig saw (jig saw isn't quite the right name--I'm talking about a small saw
->that has a reciprocating blade about 4 inches long, used most often to
->make inaccurate, wandering, ugly cuts in wood).
The Right Tool for the Job is an air operated saw that uses jisaw like blades.
Works great on compound curved surfaces, fits where a jigsaw will not and
is, if you do any bodywork, one of those tools you will wonder how you survived
without. Generally known in the trades as a Body Saw. Harbor Freight Item #
00113-1cya, $49.99
Its close companion, the air nibbler gets in places that even the saw won`t.
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