A saw for wood and metal, with a blade capable of cutting through standard nails without damaging the blade. With adjustable blade position. Sometimes called general purpose saw.
Board saws, tradesmens saw for cutting large dimension timber and boards. Features normal bend ground fleam teeth with gapped teeth to minimise clogging. Block saws have coarse set teeth with wide gullets for cutting cellular building blocks.
Similar in design to a keyhole saw, but used for cutting circles.
Carbide tipped and used for cutting cellular blocks. The more professional type cut through brick stone and cement.
Coping saws have short deep frames with very narrow fine tooth blades, and are used to make curved cuts in wood or plastic. Blades available designed with pinned ends.
Purpose made for easy cutting of drywall / plasterboard panels and other man made boards. This saw is particularly suitable for cutting openings, for example socket boxes.
Ergo Handsaw System
Traditional flooring saw has a special blade for cutting through and removing sections of floor boarding. Also toothed on curved back edge of saw. Laminator floor saws, designed for use on wooden and laminate floors.
Fret saws similar in design to a coping saw but with a much deeper bow to the frame for working further from the edge. Various blades available for wood and metal cutting. Piercing saws constructed like a fretsaw but not as deep and wide, with an extremely fine blade for use on thin sheet metal. Jewellers use this to cut gold and silver sheet.
Up to 12in blades are described as hand hacksaw blades. Available in various tooth sizes. 14in and above are described as machine or power saw blades.
A fixed frame hacksaw takes blades of only one size. An adjustable frame usually accommodates 10in or 12in blades.
Hardpoint Handsaws. Generally a hard point toothed edge will be blue / black from a special high frequency hardening process. It stays sharp longer than normal, but cannot be resharpened.
Powersaw or machine saw blades, designed with various toothing and various lengths to suit machines of relative size.
A shortened version of a handsaw, length being usually between 13inch and 15inch. Designed to fit into a toolbox.
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