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That time I learned 60 feet of mud line needs a different cutting approach
I was talking to an old saturation diver at the union hall in Port Fourchon yesterday, and he dropped a tip about using a carbide grit saw blade for cutting through heavy mud incrustation on air hoses. He said a normal blade will glaze over after 3 cuts and you're just burning your arm off trying to finish the job. Has anybody else tried this trick or do you all still brute force it with the standard blades?
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benb2118d ago
Wait carbide blades actually work better on mud crust? I always figured they'd just gum up faster.
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jessew8317d ago
60 feet of mud line? Damn. I've never even seen a run that long without a splice in it. That's a whole lot of nothing but weight and crust to fight through.
A carbide grit blade though? I gotta be honest, that sounds backwards to me too. I always figured those were for tile or masonry, not rubber and mud. The glazing on a standard blade after 3 cuts is real though, I've felt that burn in my forearms for days after.
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