Dunno if anyone has tried this before, but it seems a hacksaw makes for an excellent decapping tool if you replace the blade with a length of small diameter spring wire (think high E guitar string).
I had a spool of 0.014" diameter spring wire handy, so cut a length to fit the saw frame (washers on each end of the wire to make mounting easier) and hot **** did it cut through the comb like warm butter when tensioned. No problems with sticking like I get with a carving knife, and no visible damage to the comb. In fact, the hardest part was getting the cut cappings off of the frame! All it took was a quick slicing motion.
Anyway, not often do I have an idea that works on the first try, so figured I'd share. Hard to see in the pic, but yes, there is a very small wire mounted on the hacksaw.
I had a spool of 0.014" diameter spring wire handy, so cut a length to fit the saw frame (washers on each end of the wire to make mounting easier) and hot **** did it cut through the comb like warm butter when tensioned. No problems with sticking like I get with a carving knife, and no visible damage to the comb. In fact, the hardest part was getting the cut cappings off of the frame! All it took was a quick slicing motion.
Anyway, not often do I have an idea that works on the first try, so figured I'd share. Hard to see in the pic, but yes, there is a very small wire mounted on the hacksaw.
