Small Hacksaw

Small Hacksaw

Class	Tool
Weight	0.7
Condition	10
Wear Chance	1 in 5
Metal Value	15
Research	Forge Saw Knapp Flint Saw
Crafting Skill	None
Crafting	See How to Craft
Location	Containers
Spawn ID	`/additem Base.SmallSaw`

The Small Hacksaw is a compact saw with a thin, replaceable blade for cutting metal and fine work. It counts as a small saw in crafting.

It suits a survivor who works with metal, scrap or electronics. It cuts metal bars, jewellery and scrap, and it handles many carving jobs as well. Its blade can be swapped for a fresh one. Its main cost is that it wears quickly, so spare blades are worth keeping.

The saw is found in workshops, factories, tool stores, sheds and garages. The Carpenter is the best occupation for tools. It starts with the most Carpentry skill. The Construction Worker and the DIY Expert also start with some Carpentry skill.

Using

The hacksaw is used in a wide spread of recipes. Scrap Gold Jewellery and Scrap Silver Jewellery cut rings and chains into Gold Fragments and Silver Fragments. Other recipes cut metal bars into halves and quarters, and scrap copper, gold and silver objects into pieces.

Electrical crafts need it too. Make Improvised Flashlight and Make Improvised Lantern both use the hacksaw and need Electrical level 1.

It also helps with weapons and armour. It can saw off a shotgun, cut a shiv or make a pipe bomb. Wooden and bone armour pieces, bone tools and wooden casting molds use it as well. It can also make a Snare Trap.

Compared with the full Hacksaw, the small saw is lighter. Both hold the same condition, but the small saw wears twice as often, at one in five uses against one in ten.

The Research Craft option on the saw teaches Forge Saw and Knapp Flint Saw.

Upkeep

The saw loses condition as its blade wears. Replace Small Hacksaw Blade fits a new Small Hacksaw Blade and returns the saw to working order. Fix Saw also repairs it.

A worn-out saw still has some value as metal. It can be smelted at an Advanced Furnace for one Steel Chunk.

Research

The Research Craft option in the inventory menu studies the Small Hacksaw and teaches the recipes below.

Recipe	Output	Image	Spawn ID
Forge Saw	Simple Wood Saw		`/additem Base.CrudeSaw`
Knapp Flint Saw	Flint Saw		`/additem Base.Saw_Flint`

How to Craft Small Hacksaw

Each recipe that makes the Small Hacksaw is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.

Replace Small Hacksaw Blade

The Replace Small Hacksaw Blade recipe makes the Small Hacksaw. It needs no skill level.

Name	Image	Amount	Kept	Spawn ID
Small Hacksaw		1x	No	`/additem Base.SmallSaw`
Small Hacksaw Blade		1x	No	`/additem Base.SmallSawblade`

Used in Crafting

These recipes take the Small Hacksaw as an ingredient or a part.

Recipe	Output	Image	Station	Skill	Spawn ID
Replace Small Hacksaw Blade	Small Hacksaw		-	None	`/additem Base.SmallSaw`

These recipes accept the Small Hacksaw by its type rather than by name.

Recipe	Output	Image	Station	Spawn ID
Make Improvised Flashlight	Flashlight - Improvised		-	`/additem Base.Flashlight_Crafted`
Make Improvised Lantern	Improvised Electric Lantern		-	`/additem Base.Lantern_CraftedElectric`
Scrap Gold Jewellery	Gold Fragments		-	`/additem Base.GoldScrap`
Scrap Jewellery	-	-	-	-
Scrap Silver Jewellery	Silver Fragments		-	`/additem Base.SilverScrap`
Smelt Small Steel Item	Small Ceramic Crucible with Steel		Advanced Furnace	`/additem Base.CeramicCrucibleSmall_Steel`
Smelt Steel From Small Steel Item	Steel Chunk		Advanced Furnace	`/additem Base.SteelChunk`

Locations

Golf factories, pawn shops and knife factories are among the best places to look, at about one time in seven. Welding workshops, factory counters and tool store storage are nearly as good. Wire factories, sheds, studios and warehouses hold one about one time in ten. Garages, metal shops, police garages and fire station garages also turn them up. It is a common find in any workshop.

The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.

Location	Container	Chance
Golf factory	Metal shelves	14.3%
Knife factory	Tool cabinet	14.2%
Factory	Counter	12.7%
Wire factory	Metal shelves	11.2%
Wire factory	Tool cabinet	11.2%
Studio	Metal shelves	10.4%
Warehouse	Metal shelves	10.4%
Metal fabrication	Counter	7.9%
Metal fabrication	Tool cabinet	7.9%
Metalfabrication storage	Tool cabinet	7.9%

Location	Container	Chance
Pawn shop	Other	14.3%
Pawnshop storage	Other	14.3%
Welding workshop	Military locker	13.8%
Welding workshop	Tool cabinet	13.8%
Tool store storage	Other	11.8%
Warehouse	Small box	10.4%
Metalshop	Counter	7.9%
Metalshop	Tool cabinet	7.9%
Car supply store	Other	6.5%
Car supply store	Tool cabinet	6.5%

Location	Container	Chance
Shed	Other	10.4%
Garage storage	Crate	8.4%
Police garage	Other	7.6%
Police garage	Tool cabinet	7.6%
Fire station garage	Counter	7%
Fire station garage	Tool cabinet	7%
Any building	Tool cabinet	6.5%
Closet	Crate	5.2%
Closet	Other	5.2%
Garage storage	Counter	3.6%