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<blockquote data-quote="boomtube" data-source="post: 211624" data-attributes="member: 9215"><p>Buff - "I never lie, but sometimes I do not divulge all of my secrets at once. To cut a die with a hacksaw you need to get a notch started with a bench grinder. It seems to soften the steel as well as help get the blade started. The soft blue blades won't do anything, you need the expensive silver ones."</p><p> </p><p>I didn't mean to imply that you lie, just that it's virtually impossible to cut case hardened steel with anything other than a carbide tool or a grinder.</p><p> </p><p>Your explaination makes sense, what I suspect you are doing with the grinder is getting below the hardened surface and into the "soft" steel below it. Then, a GOOD hacksaw blade has a chance! I haven't tried that but it seems likely that your success is due to the saw teeth lifting and breaking away the brittle cased skin in small bits after a start has been made. Still, that's hard to do I'd bet! </p><p> </p><p>Drilling a case hardened die with a cheap carbide masonary bit in a drill press works quiet well. </p><p> </p><p>But now, I wonder if one of those carbide hacksaw blades, the coated steel wire type that's sold for cutting ceramic tile, would also work to cut cased steel. ?? If anyone knows, sing out, please!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boomtube, post: 211624, member: 9215"] Buff - "I never lie, but sometimes I do not divulge all of my secrets at once. To cut a die with a hacksaw you need to get a notch started with a bench grinder. It seems to soften the steel as well as help get the blade started. The soft blue blades won't do anything, you need the expensive silver ones." I didn't mean to imply that you lie, just that it's virtually impossible to cut case hardened steel with anything other than a carbide tool or a grinder. Your explaination makes sense, what I suspect you are doing with the grinder is getting below the hardened surface and into the "soft" steel below it. Then, a GOOD hacksaw blade has a chance! I haven't tried that but it seems likely that your success is due to the saw teeth lifting and breaking away the brittle cased skin in small bits after a start has been made. Still, that's hard to do I'd bet! Drilling a case hardened die with a cheap carbide masonary bit in a drill press works quiet well. But now, I wonder if one of those carbide hacksaw blades, the coated steel wire type that's sold for cutting ceramic tile, would also work to cut cased steel. ?? If anyone knows, sing out, please! [/QUOTE]
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