Stuart Ablett
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I have two blades for Big Blue (my resaw bandsaw) that are of no use on the saw, one that came with the saw is missing more teeth than it still has, and the other got "Kinked" when something slipped the should not have......
OK this is what I'm starting with......
Yep, I see a lot of card scrapers there
I cut the blade at one point...........
......... and now I have a lot of long blades!
I made up a clamp/jig of sorts to cut the blade up into 4" long pieces.
I found that I did not have to cut all the way through the blade, just score it and then it would snap off.
Next I made another little jig to hold the toothed edge up, so I could cut them off...........
Smooth cut
I then filed and burnished an edge on the new card scraper...............
............and it works!
I see about 20 scrapers in that one blade, and I have another one in waiting!
I guess I can make various shapes....................hey Alex, need some scrapers!
Cheers!
OK this is what I'm starting with......
Yep, I see a lot of card scrapers there
I cut the blade at one point...........
......... and now I have a lot of long blades!
I made up a clamp/jig of sorts to cut the blade up into 4" long pieces.
I found that I did not have to cut all the way through the blade, just score it and then it would snap off.
Next I made another little jig to hold the toothed edge up, so I could cut them off...........
Smooth cut
I then filed and burnished an edge on the new card scraper...............
............and it works!
I see about 20 scrapers in that one blade, and I have another one in waiting!
I guess I can make various shapes....................hey Alex, need some scrapers!
Cheers!