Decent recip saw blades for metal

[Craig-SM]

Assuming these are the correct blades, 18 quid each on ebay, 28.80 if you buy two.

Pardon our interruption...

Those are the ones

 

[Trevorleach]

Those are the ones

Thank you. i shall order some.

 

[Sergei Slovenija]

I’ve used these to cut metal before but my favourite tool for cutting the head off a bolt if access is tight is my Dremmel with a mini cutting disk.

The Dremel is too delicate. I use these homemade small abrasive discs.

 

[indy4x]

I used to buy the Bosch blades, cut up a Frontera and 300TDI body and chassis into small enough bits for me to handball onto a trailer and they were really good. They even hacked through the torsion bars on the Frontera. Think I used 3 or 4 blades per vehicle

That was back in 2019, since then the quality seems to have fallen away that much I no longer buy them

 

[Moose McAlpine]

I’ve used these to cut metal before but my favourite tool for cutting the head off a bolt if access is tight is my Dremmel with a mini cutting disk.

The Dremel's underrated for this kind of work. Gets in places nothing else can, i use mine for this too, often cutting nuts in half when they're too badly rusted.

Lennox do TCT recip blades too:

Lenox Lazer CT 2014220 Metal Reciprocating Saw Blade 152mm - Screwfix

Order online at Screwfix.com. Carbide tips for the highest performance in cast iron and stainless steel. Tall profile delivers straight cuts and long life in demanding metal cutting applications. Engineered for fast performance. Each tooth is precision-ground to quickly cut through difficult...

www.screwfix.com

I ordered a couple off eBay @ £9/each to try out when the need arises.

 

[wyn]

Had a bash with the milwaukee torch blade this morning.

Chopping off my D3 rear upper suspension wishbone.
Worked ok. When i thought it was getting a bit blunt on the tip of the blade that was doing the work, i cut 2" off the end with a grinder. This worked well and gave me 3 good goes with the blade.

 

[Guineafowl]

Had a bash with the milwaukee torch blade this morning.

Chopping off my D3 rear upper suspension wishbone.
Worked ok. When i thought it was getting a bit blunt on the tip of the blade that was doing the work, i cut 2" off the end with a grinder. This worked well and gave me 3 good goes with the blade.

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Nice. That pic is giving me flashbacks.

 

[Trevorleach]

Right I ordered two torch carbide blades off ebay for 36 quid the pair, one pack of 5 blades turned up with an invoice for 25 quid, so I search ebay for the exact same part number and only listing is one pack of 5 blades for 105 quid, then I change the search and can get 5 blades for 29.95, same part number but with gaps in the part number, I am now non the wiser!

Anyway expensive 5 pkt blades, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17599615...7YnSuxONZTj8h/MOxbO0hoZA==|tkp:Bk9SR4Lqlt32Yg

Same but for much much less, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17584268...xFAwZ+KCZo8UK4GZnKuNT1aw==|tkp:Bk9SR_SRnN32Yg

 

[Craig-SM]

They are both marked 5201 on the blade so you have a bargain. I think I was paying just over £12 + VAT per blade.