- 1). Carefully unfasten the clamps or screws holding the broken blade in place on the hacksaw frame. Remove all of the blade pieces.
- 2). Select the longest piece of the blade and position it inside the C-clamp with the broken edge of the blade butting up against the inside of the C-shaped frame. The unbroken end of the blade should extend several inches beyond the jaw of the clamp.
- 3). Tighten the clamp as much as possible by turning the wing nut or screw. Make sure that the blade is held as securely as possible in the clamp before proceeding to the next step.
- 4). Hold the makeshift saw by grasping the C-clamp right in the middle of the C-shaped frame. If the blade needs to be stabilized as you saw, you can steady it with your thumb. If this grip is not comfortable for you, you can use the saw with two hands by grasping the ends of the C-shaped frame.
- 5). Hold the clamp frame as you use the saw to cut through wood, Plexiglas or any other material designated as safe by the manufacturers of the blade. Use extreme caution as you saw, however, because the blade of your makeshift saw is only held in place at one point. In the hacksaw frame, it was anchored at two points.
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