Replacement Handy Craft Saw (Blue) w/4Type Spare Blade

Border Model modeling saw with replaceable blades, blue version

A modeling saw is the tool that turns up in a workshop at the moment a knife and nippers stop being enough. It is used for dividing heavy parts, separating massive sprue gates, cutting plastic profiles, opening blanked-off holes and carefully cutting through an assembly that has already been glued. The manufacturer gives spare blades in four types in the name; the exact parameters of the individual blades are stated on the box.

Use

• Before you start cutting on a model, try a stroke on an offcut; you will learn how aggressive the blade is.
• Guide the saw with a smooth stroke, as interrupted movement with pressure leaves steps in the plastic.
• Support clear and thin parts and cut with the finest blade you have, so that the material does not splinter.
• After every longer job clean the plastic residue off the blade, as clogged teeth cut worse.

Who it is for

For modelers of vehicles, aircraft and cars who modify kits, and for those who take on making their own parts from plastic sheet and profiles. The blue version is easy to recognize among the tools, which makes the work easier when you have several bodies fitted with different blades. Anyone who builds exactly to the instructions without conversions will appreciate a saw mainly on thick sprue gates, where a knife means the risk of a broken part. A mat and a file are part of a good result too: a saw opens the cut, but a clean edge comes only from the truing that follows.

Sharp, brittle blades. Cut on the axis, clamp or secure the part, do not inhale the dust produced and store the tool out of the reach of children.