Broken bandsaw blade's

[Randy]

What do you sawyer's do with your broken band blade's? I have seen several filet type knives made out of some and the man I got my mill from used them as concrete reinforcement when he poured a shed or something. Is there anything we can do with them?? Randy

[Brad_S.]

If you can think up anything useful for them beyond the occasional knife maker, patent it and you will be a rich man! :D :D

Scrap metal is up to about $150 per ton I'm told. ;)

[sawyerkirk]

I usede mine as filler when we put a new culvert in the drive. Worked great!! I've kept a pile of them for years thinking I might find a use for them, but never did. so I buried em!

[Cedarman]

They make a machine that chops blades into short pieces for recycling. The machine is too expensive for most of us. Now what if you put it on the back of a truck and went to the mills and offered to take the blades. You could chop them into barrels and when you had made the rounds, go to the scrap yard and collect.  I have not run the numbers to see how much scrap you need per mile traveled or how long it takes to chop  blades. 
I have a big stack ready for anyone to pick up.

[Tom]

You can bend a blade over and hit the pinched part with a hammer and it will snap.  It makes it al lot easier to handle broken blades when they are short pieces.  I break them up into about 16 inch pieces when I have nothing to do.  

[MemphisLogger]

I make small carving knives out of them--ya ever see how much they charge for those flexible carving tools at the woodworking store?

[DextorDee]

Broke blade a piece deer leg ,letter opener. : Oh well I try. Another one, anybody found a use for propane bottles when empty. The small torch type?


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[DextorDee]

OPPS  Sorry Randy I think I kilted your thread

[Tom]

It doesn't account for a large volume of bad blades, but a length of old blade about 15" or 20" in the tool box sure comes in handy when you have to back a blade out of an unfinished cut.  You can "saw" the sawdust out of the kerf and make it easier to move the head back. 

A piece of blade with a handle makes a good scraper too.  You have to be careful but I know a lot of sawyers using pocket knives for getting the gum off of spinning blades.  At least a piece of bandblade might be a little longer and get your hands away from the danger.  By the way, if you do this,  Try to do your work from the back of the blade, not out front where all those teeth are looking to get you. 

A handle can be made from two pieces of wood and some duct tape or drill and brad a nail through them.  You can also wrap the blade in twine and cover with duct tape for a quick handle.

Event the back of a blade is pretty good metal. Knock the teeth off and grind a burr on the back and a short piece makes a good wood scraper for flattening glued panels or the like. Buy a scraper at the store and it'll cost you a pocket full of coins.

[pappy]

Another one, anybody found a use for propane bottles when empty. The small torch type?

I refill em.

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/NTESearch?storeId=6970&N=0&Ntk=All&Ntt=refill%20propane&Nty=1&D=refill%20propane&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Dx=mode+matchallpartial

[Randy]

Tom. I keep a piece of broke blade to help back out of a cut, but most of the time I use a steel falling wedge to drive into the cut to open it up-hadn't used the broke blade since I been using the wedge.

Termite. I bought 2 of those adapter's to fill the throw-away cylinders, but hadn't ever used them. Looks like it will work, but I guess this isn't talking about sawing---better shut-up. :D. Randy