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   reinvent | Oct 07, 2007 12:13am | #1

   The torch are really good. They are extra thick so they wont bend when the blade jams. Lenox makes some good ones too.

   http://www.coastaltool.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/a/milwaukee/sawzall_demolition_blades.htm?L+coastest+kptf0389ff58cc58+1191745650

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   Luka | Oct 07, 2007 12:35am | #3

   That torch blade looks pretty good.Have you actually used them ? How long do they last ?I'd have to buy all three sizes, because my metal cutting ranges through all the thicknesses listed.

   Yeh... That'll work.

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   xxPaulCPxx | Oct 07, 2007 03:14am | #6

   I use them alot, and like them.  They last pretty much last until you do something stupid, in my experience.  Mine get gooked up or bent - it takes alot to bend them - or just eventually lost behind stuff.  I keep buying them, and they keep satisfying me.Rebuilding my home in Cypress, CA

   Also a CRX fanatic!

   If your hair looks funny, it's because God likes to scratch his nuts.  You nut, you.

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   Sphere | Oct 07, 2007 12:16am | #2

   Nothing but Lennox for me. I use the fire and rescue type fine tooth for any metal, and coarse for wood with nails or logs that are petrified.

   Other blades dewalt, Milw, etc..snap at the base more often than the Lennox, teeth still good, but no way to re use them short of grainding a new shank ( which I've done).

   Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   "If you want something you've never had, do something you've never done"

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   Luka | Oct 07, 2007 12:37am | #4

   Yup.I bought the dewalt blades the last time, on the recommendation from someone here.I was impressed with how they cut... initially.But they don't last very long at all before they are dull. And that is if you can keep from breaking them off at the tang for the 3 to 5 minutes or so, useage, required to dull the blade.

   Yeh... That'll work.

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   USAnigel | Oct 07, 2007 03:08am | #5

   All metal cutting needs some lube to keep the blade cool. Makes a big differance. No blade lasts on soil cast iron pipe.

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   bc | Oct 07, 2007 03:52am | #7

   i only buy lennox also...

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   JTC1 | Oct 07, 2007 05:01am | #8

   Lenox.

   Milwaukee blades do a great job, but seem brittle - get a little off, or the blade binds and snap!  Not much luck with other brands either.

   Lenox blades will bend and can be straightened a few times.

   The truth is that once I found and used Lenox blades, I quit buying other brands. Found Lenox first in an electrical supply house in the early 80's, now they are everywhere.

   I must confess that I recently bought a blade assortment from Bosch - good price, but what I really wanted was the roll-up pouch which the Bosch blades came in.  There were no blades in the assortment that changed my mind.

   So now I have a old Makita saw (metal tool case - that should tell you something), with Lenox blades in a Bosch roll-up pouch. It's a good system - very diverse!

   Jim

   Never underestimate the value of a sharp pencil or good light. 

    

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   Luka | Oct 07, 2007 08:26am | #10

   Sounds like exactly the sort of setup I usually end up with once I get serious.When I broke my back and all my tools were stolen... I believe I had a bosch drill. (Sucker was so quiet that my neighbor across the street, who DIY'd all the time, came over to ask what it was. He said he thought I was pantomiming. But then I just kept it up, and it looked like I was actually drilling. But he still couldn't hear it until he got most of the way across the street. LOL)A B&D drill bit case that held an amazing assortment and was very convenient to carry and to work from. And I'd filled it with the best bits I could find at my favorite hardware store. Real bits, not big box stuff.

   Yeh... That'll work.

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   JeffBuck | Oct 07, 2007 08:12am | #9

   I prefer Lenox ...

    

   but usually buy the Torch ... as they're easier to find.

   cheaper too.

    

   I usually end up on buying sprees for bits and blades ...

   wait till I've used that last one way too many times ...

   then find myself bored one afternoon with an extra hundred bucks ...

   and get as many sawzaw blades as I can at once.

    

   stock up ...

    

   then realize the next day I'm outta fresh jig saw blades ...

    

    

   and trust me ...

    

   $50- 100 worth of any individual blades ... ain't a real big bag!

    

   thinking I'd be better off finding somewhere to buy in real bulk ...

   Jeff

       Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa

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   Luka | Oct 07, 2007 08:29am | #11

   Story of my life.;o)As for the lenox, I have been happy with those as well. Just hadn't seen any metal cutting blades for the sawzall, lately. I always buy their blades for my hacksaw, as well. Now THOSE blades last at least three times longer than any other I've ever used.

   Yeh... That'll work.

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   JeffBuck | Oct 07, 2007 08:59am | #12

   coupla 5 or so years ago ...

   I had a fresh "torch".

    

   new employee ... my job for "the rest of the afternoon" ...

   was to go up and cut the steel I beam.

    

   this was for a high end design / build firm ... and some last minute change had happened to the plans ... and the roof of this addition was built ... with an extra coupla feet sticking out.

   they just ordered and ran the steel long ... framed and roofed around it ... even had it shingled.

   cutting that beam was a "punch list" detail.

    

   anyways ... on that beautiful fall day ... I was sent up the ladder to cut her off ...

   just had to be under the sheathing ... so it could be patched in , sheathed and shingled.

    

   one of the Bosses stopped by ... said to go up right after lunch.

   no idea how yer gonna do it .... so that's the afternoon job.

    

   even following the long angle of the roof ...

   don't think it took me more than 20 min of cutting time.

    

   most time was spent rigging up something to keep the off cut from dropping onto the new deck.

   all in all ... right around an hour up there.

    

   lead carp told me to very slowly take the rest of the afternoon to patch the sheathing and fit in the shingles.

    

   That put him ahead of schedule.

    

   I've liked those blades ever since that day!

   not exactly hot knife thru butter ...

   but close as I could get.

    

   just remember to dial down the sawzaw.

   Jeff    Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa

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   Luka | Oct 07, 2007 10:10am | #13

   Now dat's the kind of anecdotal evidence I like.=0)My saw has two speeds. Fast and faster.If I had one of those speed adjusters you can plug a router into, I'd try that.

   Yeh... That'll work.

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   Sphere | Oct 07, 2007 03:18pm | #14

   As an aside to the Lennox, the EMT and Parameds use the fire and rescue blades around here, they cut the top off a car just last week ( a bad wreck on my way home, just up the road from my house) in no time, thru the windshield, support columns and all..one blade.  They had  a 36 V Dewalt...suprised me how easy it looked from as close as I could get..I was standing there with a fire ext. being the first one to come across the TA when it happened. 

   No one seriously hurt, but a lot of mangled metal. 3 car pile up on a little country road,just barely wet, banked curve the wrong way and a head on with a tailgater that couldn't miss it.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

   "If you want something you've never had, do something you've never done"