I am looking for a small handheld saw blade to saw through resin trees. If I could find an X-Acto fine tooth saw blade that fit the standard handle, I think I would have the perfect sawing tool to do the job. I have a set of the long 5" blades, but they really don’t do well for cutting off small parts. I really want something like an X-Acto #11 blade with a fine toothed saw tip rather than a razor tip. Does such a thing exist? If so, can someone point me to it? If not, what do you folks use to do the fine sawing to remove small resin pieces from their trees? Thanks for any help.
There are small keyhole saw blades, very fine and slides into a standard X-Acto knife handle.
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There is a toothed #11 blade in the X-acto line. Micro Mark handles it if your LHS doesn’t.
Try to find out on a product that’s out that has a Photo Etch Micro Saw which attached to your or any hobby knife holder.I was given such a tool and it works great for thin cutting .Great for cutting Canopy from the sprue.Google – " Hobby Knife Micro Saw Photo Etch".
There is no clearance angle on the teeth of those PE saws, so they tend to bind a bit cutting plastic. I find just-plain-water acts as an okay lubricant on them- reduces the sticking a lot. I don’t like using oil because it really sticks to plastic and can create paint problems.
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Tarn, Fortunately, I subscribe to this forum so your answer is preserved for me in my email. It seems very helpful. Is there something in what you said that you consider incorrect? Thanks much. Barrett
Don, Is that right? It made sense to me they would have something like that, but I haven’t been able to find it anywhere. You have made me redouble my efforts. BTW, I was in St. Paul a couple weeks ago and went to the Scale Model Supplies LHS. What a great store! Do you go there? Barrett
Thanks, Silver. I’ll check it out. Barrett
Water as a lubricant–great suggestion. I’m finding this resin to be very unforgiving when it is stressed.
Rob, Thanks for this. They say it makes smooth cuts, so the teeth must be somewhat fine. I’ll get one and see. Barrett
no, I don’t consider anything that I said to be incorrect
the easiest way to be gentle when cutting resin is to use the highest TPI you can find for your cutting tool
Rob thanks for that link. I ordered one, it may be something that’ll save some time and material. I think they’re 5 to a package for $6, now thats pretty cheap.
Look in the Micro Mark catalog, or their web site. Right with the other blades.
I don’t see any mention of the CMK saws - see here:
http://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/product_info.php?products_id=3800
or from the same site:
Blades with various TPI available and, for the little resin work I’ve done, work very well.
Here’s the link to the relevant Micromark page: www.micromark.com/no-13-blades-pkg-of-5,6791.html .
I’ve used a lot of different saws over the years. The finest teeth I’ve found are, believe it or not, the 52 TPI of the good ol’ Zona saw: www.micromark.com/4-in-1-zona-saw-set,8293.html . That set of blades and handle has to be one of the best bargains in the hobby business.
I was talking about X-acto blades with saw teeth, not CMK saws.
Don,
If you’re referring to my post, I realize you and the OP were talking about X-Acto blades with saw teeth but since alternatives were mentioned I thought I’d mention the CMK and JLC ones. I’ve not had good luck with X-acto saw blades for their handles. They bend (and stay bent) and pull out of the handle in my experience and the CMK/JLC saw blades are available with utlra fine teeth. May be my technique but I like the CMK/JLC ones better. Only meant to point out an alternative.