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miken:
Hello all,
  Can any one tell me a quick  easy way to drill  a hole in the end of a hacksaw blade.I am building the E T Westbury mechanical benchtop saw which requires blades approx 8"/200mm long.I have a ready supply of standard 12"300mm all hard blades which I can grind to length (and cost me nothing).Just  need to put the litttle hole in.Im sure there most be an easy way.
Thanks ,Mike

bogstandard:
Mike,

Unless you soften the area, and drill thru with a normal drill, then reharden, the easiest way is to grind thru with a diamond or emery mounted point.

Or you could try resharpening a carbide masonry drill to a normal drill point, and slowly drill thru with a fair amount of downwards pressure. It might work, it might not.

John

sbwhart:
Mike

If your building the saw why not make it fit your cheep supply of blades.
 
:beer:

Stew

John Hill:
Some previous owner of my little shaper made a hacksaw frame for it and only one end of the blade has a hole while the other has two notches ground in it to fit between two pins on the frame.  It works, sort of. ::)

Darren:
Any chance of a pic John H, ?

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