Anyone built the power hacksaw in dec/jan Issue of MEW ?

In article , TMN writes

And against all the etiquette of usenet :-

'Me too'

I have been looking for the plans for a power hacksaw for ages without success.

I HATE hacksawing!!

I have tried to get a copy of the appropriate MEW magazine but it seems impossible here (Australia). I wonder would it be possible for you to copy the relevant pages and forward them to me - if so I can provide a UK address to receive them and they would then forward the info on to me here via airmail?? I would be pleased to cover any costs incurred - perhaps in UK stamps or something.

If you are agreeable perhaps you could contact me "off group" at my email address.

Thanks

Peter

Hi Tim, Why bother, you can buy a old Manchester for 50 quid. Regards Rotty

Hi Tim, Why bother, you can buy a old Manchester for 50 quid. Regards Rotty

Hi Tim, Why bother, you can buy a old Manchester for 50 quid. Regards Rotty

Petermaggie,

MEW is difficult to find Oz but not impossible, available from a numbe of newsagents at least here in Perth. I'll pm with some leads

-- Alan in O

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The problem is that I am in South Africa and the used machine market is not very big here.

Tim

Re my previous post requesting a copy of the MEW plans - I have now arranged to receive some information from one of the respondents.

Thanks to all of those who replied so promptly - it is appreciated.

regards

Peter

I did - I found that, in the case of my effort, "...it's not the fastest thing in the world...", as noted by Richard Wightman (the writer of the article). As an example, a piece of 1.0 inch x 0.25 inch MS plate took 9 minutes to cut. I am afraid that I was not enthusiastic enough to conduct a comparison check with the hand saw, but I am fairly sure it would have taken rather less time. I believe that the power provided by the w/screen wiper motor that I used was sufficient, as indicated by the fact that weighting of the frame to achieve an increased cutting performance to the stage where the blade becomes jammed, results in a bent blade. I would be interested to hear of anyone else's experience. Graeme Laing