How to cut a nail with a wood saw without damaging the teeth. Useful life hack

Sometimes there is an urgent need to saw a nail, but there is no hacksaw, no grinder with a cutting disc, no chisel with a hammer, or other tools that could be used to do this job relatively easily and simply.
It turns out that for this you can use, at first glance, the most inappropriate tool, in particular, a wood saw. This seems incredible: would it really be necessary to cut a nail with the teeth of a saw, but what would it be good for then?
How to cut a nail with a wood saw without damaging the teeth

Of course not. After all, usually the gaps between the saw teeth exceed the cross-section of the nail, in which it will constantly get stuck. In addition, such a combination of tool and processed material is unnatural to the principles of technical rationalism, and even common sense.
And yet, this is quite possible, and the saw teeth will not receive any damage. But how to do this without damaging the saw teeth?

Cutting process


In order to prepare a wood saw for cutting a nail, we will need one more item in the form of a hammer, a piece of reinforcement, a strip of metal, etc. We will use a regular file.
How to cut a nail with a wood saw without damaging the teeth

We will strike with the narrow edge of the file along the entire edge of the saw opposite the teeth.
How to cut a nail with a wood saw without damaging the teeth

As a result, shallow notches will remain on it, which will act as teeth for cutting metal.
How to cut a nail with a wood saw without damaging the teeth

Now let's check. If we suddenly come across a nail, we energetically begin the process of sawing the nail with the back of the hacksaw blade with the applied notches.
How to cut a nail with a wood saw without damaging the teeth

After some time, the nail will be successfully sawed.
How to cut a nail with a wood saw without damaging the teeth

Of course, such a palliative will not replace a metal saw, but it can be a good solution to help out in a hopeless situation and save time.

Saw blade and nail material


The wood saw blade material is tool or special steel, which has high physical, mechanical and performance characteristics.
The saw blade must have a hardness of at least the permissible value of 45, but most often it is 58 HRC. Such a product has the necessary flexibility at the same time as great mechanical strength.
The most common nails are made of low-carbon steel, which in their physical, mechanical and operational characteristics are close to pure iron. They have fairly high ductility, so they can be easily bent, but they are not too hard and durable.
Comparing the properties of the metals of these two products, we are convinced that the hacksaw is superior in all respects to the material of nails and the first can cut the second.

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Comments (9)
  1. Guest Yuri
    #1 Guest Yuri Guests July 28, 2019 11:02
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    What for?!!!
  2. Guest Yuri
    #2 Guest Yuri Guests 28 July 2019 13:34
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    My grandmother used to cut nails with the same diamond-shaped file that this “genius” uses to destroy a hacksaw.
  3. Guest Valery
    #3 Guest Valery Guests July 29, 2019 10:44
    5
    So why steal a box of vodka. sell it to get drunk? if you have a file, use it to cut off a nail)))
  4. Guest Alexander
    #4 Guest Alexander Guests 29 July 2019 15:02
    3
    I agree with those who left a comment that if there is a file, then why the hell spoil the hacksaw. And you also risk ruining the file. It's fragile and can break off. Useless advice. And not reasonable.
  5. Kolya
    #5 Kolya Guests August 5, 2019 09:05
    1
    The man was sawing a board. Got a nail. How can I get through it with a file? Sharpened the saw. Well done.
    1. Guest Yuri
      #6 Guest Yuri Guests 7 August 2019 15:21
      6
      In this case, carefully file the nail in a circle and pull it out by moving both parts apart.
  6. v.v.
    #7 v.v. Guests September 8, 2019 11:32
    3
    I think everyone is obsessed with life hacks, and sometimes they just come up with something...
    Now two-sided canvases are sold. Metal on one side, wood on the other. Why spoil the file and saw?
  7. Vasya
    #8 Vasya Guests 29 September 2019 23:31
    3
    I don’t understand, only morons read and leave comments?
    Shown for clarity, but in reality the nail may be inside the board. Where you can't put a file!
  8. Guest Sanya
    #9 Guest Sanya Guests 24 October 2019 15:37
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    Why don't you just pull out the nail?....if it is without a head, we cut around it and pull the nail out....