Blade Welding???

Many years ago, when I served my T&D Makers apprenticeship, I learned how to weld bandsaw "snapped/broken" blades on one of my assignments. It was basically a simple cut-off tool, grinder & butt welder attached to the housing of a Do-All bandsaw. Seems like this might be useable accessory for repairs and/or for re-sizing 105" blades to 93 1/2".

As a point of curiosity, do any of you re-weld your blades? If so, what do you use?

Nope I find that my blades get dull a lot quicker than they are likely to break.

For metal working it might well be more worth is as you are

• More likely to break the blade I suppose
• possibly more likely to do inside cuts where breaking and then rewelding the blade inside the hole would be a nice feature

I could also perhaps see it being worth while if you did a LOT of bandsaw work and were really broke (had lots of time vs money) as bulk blade stock is much cheaper than pre-welded stock (and you don't need a fancy blade welder for wood blades).

The vintage machinery site has a pretty good howto on soldering blades http://wiki.vintagemachinery.org/BandsawBladeSoldering.ashx

I admit to having been tempted by some craigslist band stock sales, not because it seemed practical but because I think it would be more fun

i am another who thinks you would be wasting your time Al, just buy them at the size you need and make saw dust you served your time welding now have fun in life

Here's one good reason not to weld your own.

http://www1.mscdirect.com/eCommerce...77e13?refinement=4288818176&searchandizedOk=Y

$700+ dollars just for the equipment kinda puts it out of the average hobbyists range. You can braze/silver solder blades but that is also a hassle and not as reliable as a induction welded butt joint.