Tyler Spiral Blades

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

The original ? …

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Every so often, we get a discussion about Abrafile, and similar, tension blades for hacksaws:

**LINK**

https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/searchresults.asp?Search=abrafile&t=0

This page gives some history of the Spyral blade, which is currently manufactured in the USA, by Bestway Products: **LINK**

https://www.bestwayproductscompany.com

The Spyral saw blade was first manufactured by Tyler Manufacturing which started in 1946. …

Interestingly [?] : Today I purchased three Tyler Spiral [note the spelling] blades and a pair of adapters, in a blue sleeve … images to follow.

I suspect that these pre-date the Spyral ones, which are usually seen in a yellow sleeve.

Any memories ??

MichaelG.

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Edit: Here’s the patent for the manufacturing machine:

https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DGB659356A

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 05/09/2020 18:53:58

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

 

Ref: https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Short-Wave-UK/50s/SWM-1952-12.pdf

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 05/09/2020 22:58:41

[John Ockleshaw 1Participant @johnockleshaw1]

Hello Michael I first purchased some Tyler SPIRAL blades in the early 1950's. They came in a white spirally wound cardboard tube 7/16 inch diameter with tin plate end caps. and blue printing. There were no end fixings just straight lengths of blade which I use in fret saw frames.

Regards, John

[Brian WoodParticipant @brianwood45127]

Hello Michael,

Thank you for a blast from the past with your references to the Short Wave magazine. My father was a radio ham from the early days in the 1920s with call sign G5RZ and he used to 'net' on a Sunday morning as a regular event with Austin Forsyth, the magazine editor and one or two others. One of these, Walter G5WW, was blind from birth and I remember being enormously impressed with his memory recall when visiting us.

He would stop in the doorway to the lounge and point out the rearranged furniture in there before walking confidently to the chair he used on visits. Quite how he did that I never knew. He also built his own radio equipment and a garage for the family car!

Pop wrote intermittent articles for the magazine from time to time under the non-de-plume of A. A..Morse

Sadly his key went silent in 1963. And rather sadly it is not a hobby I took to either

Kind regards

Brian

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

Spiral fretsaw blades are available from Axminster **LINK**

Rod

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