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Craftsman Power Hacksaw Refurbish
- Thread starter 682bear
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- Dec 5, 2017
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The problem with the mechanism that lifts the blade on the back stroke appears to be that the teeth on the pawl are worn and not locking into the ratchet.
I'd like to slide them forward a couple of hundredths which could be accomplished by elongating the screw holes. Problem there is that the tooth is harder than chinese arithmetic and nothing I have will touch it. I'm not confident that if I annealed them to soften them enough to cut that I could reharden them.
Perhaps a small stone or diamond-impregnated bit of some sort? The holes are about .170
I'd like to slide them forward a couple of hundredths which could be accomplished by elongating the screw holes. Problem there is that the tooth is harder than chinese arithmetic and nothing I have will touch it. I'm not confident that if I annealed them to soften them enough to cut that I could reharden them.
Perhaps a small stone or diamond-impregnated bit of some sort? The holes are about .170