• For easier drilling in the very hardest of masonry materials: granite, slate, stone, use a “Glass & Tile” drill instead of a standard masonry drill.
  
  
• Install two hacksaw blades with teeth facing opposite directions so that you can cut on the forward and reverse stroke.
  
  
• Heat generated when sawing drives the pitch out of the wood.  Clean the pitch off your circular saw blade with standard oven cleaner.
  
  
• For cutting hardened steel use a High Speed Steel drill bit with”Split Point geometry”.  The Split Point will cut faster, with less resistance and less
  heat build up.
  
  
• Your reciprocating saw is excellent for pruning bushes and small trees.  Use a course tooth blade of 6T (six teeth per inch) or a special pruning blade.
  
  
• To select the right saw blade for the job, use the 3-tooth rule:  “Three teeth should come in contact with the material being cut.”  As example thin wall tubing use 24T jig saw or hacksaw blade.  For Plywood use a blade with 6T to 10T.

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