| I have used these blades for unconventional recip saw duties for quite a while now. I have trimmed limbs as large as 8" off trees and even cut down smaller trees. The only limit after the length of the blade is the length of your extension cord and the breadth of your imagination. You will want to use a little slower blade speed to keep the blade from "whipping," but on thicker wood you can speed it up. You will find lots of uses for a recip blade this long. Maybe timber framing? I don't know, but someday I'd like to try it. Lenox blades are the toughest, best made blades for recip saws. The brief history is that they were designed for plumbers to cut through pipe and were once only available through plumbing suppliers. Not anymore. The secret is out and you can even get them from Amazon! At the end of the day these blades have more teeth left than the crowd at a barroom brawl! You can "kill" one, but it takes alot more effort. |
