Broken donkey saw blade

[Jonty Wareing]

Evening,

The donkey saw blade broke this evening, and I'm having some difficulty locating
replacement blades in the UK. I'm going to order a few of them to make sure we
have some in stock.

The details on the blade are:

RS1410-5
350 x 25mm
14" x 1"
10T

Can someone point me at the best place to buy replacements?

--jonty

[Jonty Wareing]

I've managed to find these blades for sale here:

http://www.caulfieldindustrial.com/starrett--power-hacksaw-blades/p-225967pd.html

(They're the RS14108-5's)

Three ordered. I'll install one as soon as they arrive.

--jonty

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[Adrian Godwin]

If you find blades with more teeth (eg 14 tpi instead of 10) that's probably an advantage for our use.

Big teeth cut faster, but only if they don't catch on the material, which tends to break the blade. You should always have at least 1 or preferablyy 2 teeth in the thickness of the metal, which means a 10tpi blade shouldn't be used on material less than 2.5mm thick. In the case of tube, it's the wall thickness that matters, not the tube diameter.

[Jonty Wareing]

I'll write that up on the wiki, thanks Adrian!

In other news, the blades have shipped. Should have one reinstalled by
Friday with any luck.