Thread: My first restoration... sorta

Originally Posted by vladsch

Jason,

Keep some WD-40 spray around and spray the blade of the coping saw before cutting the plexi and once in a while during the cutting. The lubricant will reduce fricition so plexi won't be melting as much and it will also prevent the melted plexi from sticking to the blade.

Cool, Thanks for the tip vlad. I was cutting rather slow, so I didn't have a big problem with the plexi melting (though sometimes it smelled like it). I did find out that I can't go anywhere near plexi with a dremel unless I just want to melt my way through everything. Biggest problem I had was getting little white curls and dust everywhere having the blade grip was certainly a pain, so I'll definitely be lubing up next time... Lubing the blade, that is

ToxIk,

That's some nice work. It looks great.

Ed

Toxik,

Those blades look sweet. I hope you did a better job keeping things even than I did on my old w&b wedge I tried to clean up.

I hadn't thought about using plexiglass to practice on. I've actually got a 1/8" thick sheet in the garage I could use. Thanks for the idea. This will give me some limited experience while waiting on Bill's CD. That way I won't be totally fresh on it when trying it with the antler breaks I have set aside for scales.

Glen F