I have ten or so good teeth left in my little 3" table saw blade. But
it's useless for its original purpose.
So I'm wondering, what to do with it? I can sweat off the carbide tips.
I could use one for the edge of a 1/16" wide chisel. :) Braze it onto a
piece of steel shaped for the purpose... one for paring (thin and long),
one for mortising (fat and hard).
What else?
er
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Enoch Root wrote:
> I have ten or so good teeth left in my little 3" table saw blade. But
> it's useless for its original purpose.
>
> So I'm wondering, what to do with it? I can sweat off the carbide tips.
>
> I could use one for the edge of a 1/16" wide chisel. :) Braze it onto a
> piece of steel shaped for the purpose... one for paring (thin and long),
> one for mortising (fat and hard).
>
> What else?
>
Gee, I thought I was cheap!
Save the rest for replacements for those chisels.
Grind one thin for the cutter for a marking guage
or a striking knife--assuming you have the diamond
tools needed to do that.
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Enoch Root wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
> > Enoch Root wrote:
> >
> >>I have ten or so good teeth left in my little 3" table saw blade. But
> >>it's useless for its original purpose.
> >>
> >>So I'm wondering, what to do with it? I can sweat off the carbide tips.
> >>
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> >
> > Gee, I thought I was cheap!
> >
...
>
> That's good... and cheap? These tips are about $3 each!
>
Recovering the teeth from a worn-out sawblade is the cheap part.
The sort of cheapness I admire, in fact.
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>
> Enoch Root wrote:
>> [email protected] wrote:
>> > Enoch Root wrote:
>> >
>> >>I have ten or so good teeth left in my little 3" table saw blade.
>> >>But it's useless for its original purpose.
>> >>
>> >>So I'm wondering, what to do with it? I can sweat off the carbide
>> >>tips.
>> >>
> ...
>> >
>> > Gee, I thought I was cheap!
>> >
> ...
>>
>> That's good... and cheap? These tips are about $3 each!
>>
>
> Recovering the teeth from a worn-out sawblade is the cheap part.
>
> The sort of cheapness I admire, in fact.
>
Here's a story about a guy making a living working with recycled hand saw
blades:
<http://www.outdoors-magazine.com/s_article.php?id_article=265>
[email protected] wrote:
> Enoch Root wrote:
>
>>I have ten or so good teeth left in my little 3" table saw blade. But
>>it's useless for its original purpose.
>>
>>So I'm wondering, what to do with it? I can sweat off the carbide tips.
>>
>>I could use one for the edge of a 1/16" wide chisel. :) Braze it onto a
>>piece of steel shaped for the purpose... one for paring (thin and long),
>>one for mortising (fat and hard).
>>
>>What else?
>>
>
>
> Gee, I thought I was cheap!
>
> Save the rest for replacements for those chisels.
>
> Grind one thin for the cutter for a marking guage
> or a striking knife--assuming you have the diamond
> tools needed to do that.
That's good... and cheap? These tips are about $3 each!
er
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>>I have ten or so good teeth left in my little 3" table saw blade..... So I'm wondering, what to do with it?
>
>
> You can braze the tips onto steel rods and make your own tools for
> hollow turning.
Hmm, a lathe is on my wishlist... it'll be a metal lathe, though. Not
that I won't be using it for small wood stuff.
er
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Leon wrote:
> "Enoch Root" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>>I have ten or so good teeth left in my little 3" table saw blade. But
>>it's useless for its original purpose.
>>
>>So I'm wondering, what to do with it? I can sweat off the carbide tips.
>>
>>I could use one for the edge of a 1/16" wide chisel. :) Braze it onto a
>>piece of steel shaped for the purpose... one for paring (thin and long),
>>one for mortising (fat and hard).
>>
>>What else?
>
>
>
> Probably not a good use for a chisel. They would most likely shatter after
> a few blows and would be hard to get as sharp as a regular chisel.
At least the paring chisel will be okay, and with such a small cutting
surface I shouldn't need so much force as to require a mallet.
And... it'll be sharper than any other 1/16" chisel I have. :)
er
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"Enoch Root" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I have ten or so good teeth left in my little 3" table saw blade. But
> it's useless for its original purpose.
>
> So I'm wondering, what to do with it? I can sweat off the carbide tips.
>
> I could use one for the edge of a 1/16" wide chisel. :) Braze it onto a
> piece of steel shaped for the purpose... one for paring (thin and long),
> one for mortising (fat and hard).
>
> What else?
Probably not a good use for a chisel. They would most likely shatter after
a few blows and would be hard to get as sharp as a regular chisel.