Follies of the Madmen #400

In the same way I do not need a gun to complete a home project, I do not need the saw to balance so long as it tears through the material I am cutting. After I have fashioned the target and safely placed it in an ideal location, then I want the Colt .45 to do it's job.

agent j

I would guess most of the hacksaws manufactured today are made in China. I wonder how many are sold there, and what kind of print ads are being used to induce the Chinese handymen to buy them.

I thought that the Starrett name sounded familiar, so last night I went searching through some machine tools that my grandfather used for his metier as a precision machinist. There I found some measuring tools stamped with the Starrett name. They are very nice tools and in remarkable shape for their age, more than 80 years old.

I have fired a revolver and also used a hacksaw. If I fired the revolver holding it the same as a hacksaw, I would, at minimum, be missing fingers.

Starrett was always the "expensive but worth it" brand for machinists. The hand tools were on a par with the finest pre-war Japanese equipment, and the measuring instruments were the best you'd find outside of a Swiss watchmaker's shop. Even today, Starrett is the standard. A Mitutoyo 1" mic costs about $100 and has an accuracy of 0.0001", a B&S is $130 with the same accuracy, while a Starrett costs $150 but is accurate to 0.00005".

agent j: I bet that if you did a lot of sawing all day long, say professionally, you'd find a well-balanced hacksaw a lot easier on your hands. Though not balanced in the same way as a revolver, I suppose.

BMN: The other way 'round as well...