kennedy hacksaw

Teeth forwards - cutting on the 'push' stroke (from the instructions).

Glad I'm not the only one with a low opinion of the wretched thing...

Dunno whether it has been mentioned, but don’t be misled by gear oil viscosity. It is much thinner than engine oil of the same number - they are tested and graded differently.

I read somewhere that the kennedy was designed for the council workman so to speak.

Plumbers who worked on site had them in the back of the vans supplied by the Councils they worked from.

be it electrician plumber etc!

I paid £40 for mine 10 months ago, and not really sure other than a restore project why I wanted it?

At the moment it is stripped down and being cleaned etc ready for re-assembly.

I did find a dash pot boot that will fit great and thought I had posted it up here but I must have forgot to hit save.

So here it is again.

It is actually a motor bike front fork boot,

MCR-1162 HERO VIP FRONT FORK BOOT

ebay.

Just need a jubilee at the bottom to fit the dash pot.

Thanks guys

I find the teeth need to point toward the pin or the tension goes.

I noticed on a couple of the Youtube videos that people are hanging weights on the saw to what I can only deem as getting a quicker cut?

Appreciate this saw is just for a hobby or restoration, as you can get new ones that are far better for £150.

I have had a Kennedy Saw in my workshop for the last 45 years, retrieved from my workplace scrap bin on completion of precision trimming ends of stainless steel tubing for seven Nuclear Submarine Steam Generator Tube Bundles.

The saw was fitted with a 1/4 HP Hoover Motor fitted with a level operated built in trip switch.

After a major initial rebuild I ran this saw in my workshop for about twenty years until wear on the slides reduced positioning of the saw bow and blade impossible to set up for an accurate cut so a decision was made to renew all worn out parts, including sliding hex bars, bushes and drive belting.

Because of the difficulties of finding new drive belts, originally supplied as a sticky rubber band, and my use of a not very good canvas belt drive I decided to change the drive to chain wheel and chain using parts from an early computer printer unit. This change of drive has been very successful since installed with no broken blades and real square cuts every time cutting up to 2" square bar on occasions.

The reason for this post is just to highlight what a good and useful saw compared with the current comment as to what a poor machine the Kennedy was or is.

I have found a supplier that makes the exact size flat belt for approx £15 including postage.

As soon as it arrives I will post up details, as I forgot where I ordered from.

I can't comment about the saw as I was looking for restoration projects.

But now I have stripped it down and did a bit of research I want to keep and use it.

I agree with the author of the last message in this thread.

It will be perfect for what I want and that's cutting round and flat steel bars for making parts for the 74 vice.

In fact I can make jaws for most models now.

Thanks

Peter