Milwaukee 48-22-0050 12" High Tension Hacksaw

Thing broke instantly. Why make this saw unnecessarily complicated and provide no meaningful instructions on use. Don’t buy

Junk. We bought this for a project, first use and the tension knob broke. Would not recommend.

Piece of scrap. Hard to use. Had to check YouTube. On the Second use it completely broke!

For anybody who needs help. To loosen the tension and remove blade, turn the lever to the left until it's loose enough to remove. To put blade back on you might have to loosen even more, then push down on the lever to close the distance slightly more. 4 stars because the institutions weren't easily accessible.

So far everything is good use it in some extreme environments and fast pace job sites. I'll give five star after some time past by and all is good.

This is the first time changing the blade and the tension mechanism is not working. The tension stays tight no matter how much I turn it. I am definitely turning it in the correct direction. I see from the reviews that it has broken for others as well.
model# 48-22-0050

I had a 1-12"^2 * 6" square bar of mile steel that I wanted to cut a cube from by hand for reasons.

I only had a Lennnox mini hack saw in the house. I got the blade mostly inside into the stock on one side and about halfway through on the side adjacent to that before giving up. Next morning I bought this from Home Depot after doing some research on the best hacksaw. I almost picked up the DeWalt, but it was a lot heavier and I figured weight would matter in this application.

I started off with a cheap already in use harbor freight blade that was in the Lennox and quickly made MUCH MORE progress. Later I cut 1/4" thick rusty angle iron and things got REALLY fast when I switched from the harbor freight blade to the included one.

I can't use an angle grinder in my garage at night or in the winter. This is slower but it keeps me productive on metalworking hobbies late at night and around kids.