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A blade is the portion of a tool, weapon, or machine with an edge that is designed to puncture, chop, slice or scrape surfaces or materials. Blades are typically made from materials that are harder than those they are to be used on. Historically, humans have made blades from flaking stones such as flint or obsidian, and from various metal such as copper, bronze and iron. Modern blades are often made of steel or ceramic. Blades are one of humanity's oldest tools, and continue to be used for combat, food preparation, and other purposes.
Blades work by concentrating force on the cutting edge. Certain blades, such as those used on bread knives or saws, are serrated, further concentrating force on the point of each tooth.

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  1. R

    What is this thing that came with multicutter blade?

    Hi, I recently opened the packaging of a new wood cutting semicircular cutter for my Dewalt multicutter tool. As I was recycling the packaging, I came across this black piece of metal taped to the card in the packaging. I have no idea what it is for and the impression I get is that I...
  2. gmartine

    Looking for thin (scrolling?) blade for reicipricating saw

    Can't seem to find anything local, something like this... Genuine Milwaukee Rough-In SAWZALL® Blade (5 Pk) 48-00-1610 | eBay or basically a jigsaw blade with a recip saw universal fitting.
  3. M

    Good Hacksaw

    Can anyone recommend a good hacksaw? Thinking of getting one of the dearer bacho ones? Got a cheapish one were the blade is always at abit of an angle so goes off square. Thanks.
  4. C

    Good tap for high pressure water - bathroom sinks, bath and kitchen sink!

    Hi, we have really good water pressure where we live. But that in turn has left us with very noisy taps in the bathrooms. At the moment we have Blade taps from the Bathstore - Blade Basin Mono Mini Mixer | bathstore. They have aerators but our water certainly isn't aerated. The taps are...
    • cmitch
    • Thread
    • basin bath bathroom bathstore blade high high pressure kitchen kitchen sink pressure sink sinks tap water
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  5. rpm

    Cistern stuck to wall

    Spent an hour today with a full size hacksaw blade cutting through one almighty load of silicone behind the cistern to remove the pan, wondering if I grind the teeth away to make a sharp blade would help next time? What do you guys use and don`t say the apprentice because I don`t have one! lol
  6. jaydebruyne

    Tile Removal

    Anyone ever used a multitool to cut through grout to remove tiles without breaking them? Is it easy? What blade do you use? I've a couple of jobs tomorrow where I need to fake out tiles and I'm determined to get clean at removing them in one piece... If I can.
  7. C

    Abs pipe

    Hi all, Hoping you can help me out, I am a refrigeration engineer by trade however i am having to use ABS pipe a lot recently and it is a right pain to cut with a hacksaw. Does any body know what power tool i can use and if so what blade? Or even if there is a tool you can buy for this...
  8. hammers4spanner

    cutters

    anyone recommend decent set of cutters for trac pipe that dont cost the earth? ones i have got dont have deep enough blade to cut into them
  9. Best

    Ideas on removing 4" cast iron stack

    I have to remove & replace a complete cast iron soil pipe from the rear of a house - in a small back yard. It is well jointed by the looks of it & needs taken out of the clay sewer bend without damaging that also. Any ideas how I should safely go about this - perhaps I could cut it into...
  10. Keefy

    Review: Irwin Mini Hacksaw 24Tpi 12" (250mm)

    Absolute garbage. Bought it yesterday from Plumbfix, took it out the bag just now (the bag it came in, not my tool bag - haven't even used it) to adjust the blade and it fell to bits. Expected better from a name like Irwin. :mad: Got it especially for a job I'm doing today, back to the old...
  11. N

    Cutting Pipe in tight spot

    Hi All, What does everyone use for cutting copper pipe in really hard to reach areas. The kind of areas you cant get your pipe slices round the back of. I've just bought a Fein multitool which is doing well, although the blades run out fairly quick.
  12. D

    Blade Runner

    11.30 bbc hd Rutger Hauer ace film
  13. S

    Olive removal!

    Hi I'm just doing some work on my central heating and wanted to replace some of tye radiator valves that are old and seem to be in poor condition. However the new valves that I've bought have different sized nuts on the 15mm pipe to the old ones. I need to remove the old olive to get the nut...
  14. J

    Nightmare!

    I'm on a job now, siphon change on a c/c toilet, cistern has been siliconed to the wall, been shoving a hacksaw blade down the back of it put its just bending the blade! It's been siliconed all the down to the pan with horrible black silicone! Nightmare!!! Also tried heating blade up and sliding...
  15. S

    !!?? Automatic pipe cutters or manual pipe cutters ??!!

    To buy automatic or not to buy automatic?
  16. J

    Oscilating blade type tools.

    Has anyone found the oscilating blade type tools handy & if so which ones?
  17. P

    best angle grinder blade to cut through cast iron soil pipe

    gotta cut through some cast iron soil pipe, havent done it for ages and cant rememebr what type of angle grinder blade i used, i currently have a diamond blade in there at the moment, and it seems to go through everything and anything, will that be suitable to the cast iron ? cheers
    • plumber89
    • Thread
    • angle blade cast iron grinder iron oil pipe soil soil pipe through
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  18. W

    Best way to remove ancient hemp from a thread?

    Tried a wire brush but doesn't seem to shift it. Would burning it work?
  19. G

    HWC heated via boiler through immersion fitting ??? !!

    hi went to a customer this morning with leaking hot water cylinder. no probs there. however when i opened up airing cupboard the HWC was heated from two 15mm pipes entering the cylinder via a fitting where the immersion would normally go (see attached photo) i've never come across one of these...
    • gravytrain
    • Thread
    • blade boiler called cylinder direct fitting heated immersion indirect oil through
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  20. W

    Boiler Servicing Tools

    I've got myself some brushes for cleaning out heat exchangers etc. But what I'm after are the thin solid metal tools (a bit like those metal thickness gauges but longer) to poke down the tight gaps of heat exchangers in ideal icos' etc. Any ideas where I can get these from?
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