Deansocial said:
you say that but i cut a live cable with snips years ago and there was a 10mm section missing from them.
This is another case of comparing apples with oranges. Snips are not a circular saw blade, just as woodguy's jigsaw blades are not a circular saw blade, just like jmb's hammer isn't a circular saw blade.
Snips, for instance are very easy to damage with one wrong move. I know, I've damaged plenty of them. In your example there is no way to tell whether it was because of the current or perhaps a wrong move you made when hitting the line. Chances are much bigger that the wrong move was the culprit than the current.
woodguy7 said:
Well Alex, it looks like you are right again [huh]
Of course I am right, again. [cool]
woodguy7 said:
Tell you what, you cut through a cable with a ts55 just to prove your point.
I don't know, but why should I have to
repeat the point that is already proven? You are talking about a jigsaw. Jmb is talking about a hammer. Deansocial is talking about a pair of snips. I am the one reacting to jmb's question above, sticking by the tool at hand, the TS55 circular saw, and '
remarkably', my point is proven already.
---->> Rick himself said there was no damage.
With that result in our pocket, why don't
you and everybody else prove me wrong? I am the only one speaking from a proven test result here. The involuntary experiment above had the result that there was no damage to any teeth.
woodguy7 said:
The 230v WILL do damage & have seen it on numerous occasions on building sites.
With all respect, I find this a bit hard to believe. First off, cutting through electric cords does happen but it still is not a very regular thing. Second, the number of occasions where cutting through electric cords actually leads to real injury or material damage beyond the cord itself is
minute. Most of the time simply nothing happens except for people thinking "Oh crap" and laughing it off.
woodguy7 said:
Who said anything about a jigsaw blade & a circular saw blade being of comparable strength ? I think everyone knows the difference there. I was just stating the point that i have experienced it first hand & its not something i want to do often.
Woodguy, you yourself said this:
woodguy7 said:
A cord cant damage a blade !!
While jmb's question was about damage to the circular saw blade, to which I reacted and stayed on topic, your remark was meant to counter my argument by bringing up the jigsaw blade. At that point you thought it was fair to compare a jigsaw blade to a circular saw blade simply because both are 'blades'. I simply pointed out at that point that you were comparing apples to oranges, which you should not do.
A circular saw blade is a lot bigger, it is also a lot thicker (1 mm vs 2,2 or 2,6 mm), and it is made from harder material than a jigsaw blade. And, on top of that, a circular saw blade spins at an enormous rate so it has a large momentum. Now I can understand that it scared the bejeebus out of you when you hit the cord with your jigsaw, but I am pretty sure the damage to your blade wasn't even done because of the current but because of the material. If you unexpectedly cut a metal wire with a jigsaw blade meant for wood, there's a big change you don't cut it through right away because of it's flexibility, but that it gets pulled up and
torn apart. This of course will put great force on the saw which in turn will damage the blade and make the saw jump in your hand. That's undoubtedly a scary experience but that doesn't mean the current is the culprit of the damage.
jmbfestool said:
If you think your right well show us do a test with your blade see what happens [eek]
Well, I believe Rick already performed this experiment for us .......... and you know the answer.
