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So, what do you do with blades that are trashed?

Started by fishfighter, March 30, 2015, 08:03:31 AM

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fishfighter

You know, the ones that you tried to cut back stops with. I now have three. :laugh:

terrifictimbersllc

I can get rid of metal for free at the local town dump  oops transfer station facility.
If I cared to I could sell it to a metal recycler also but that's 25 miles.
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shakebone

Don't get rid of all them !!! hang one where u can see it while sawing the reminder of them $20's might help remember to lower backstops !!! Haha ;D
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SawyerBrown

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pineywoods

Sometimes they can be fixed if you want to spend the time. I have my own sharpener and setter, fix them if no teeth are actually missing.
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Chuck White

I save them up and when the school kids are doing a fund raiser, they can recycle the blades and get a little $$$$.
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wwsjr

I have blade replacement program with WM ReSharp. I ship bad blades back for WM to replace at discounted price and recycle bad blades. This allows me to keep same number of blades on hand.
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redbeard

 

  I like to weave the broken blades in my hog panel fence. The other day a recycle artist asked for some and wanted to make what he called "Dangerous Art" I got a kick out of that and gave him a bunch but only if he promised to send me pics of his work.
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taylorsmissbeehaven

I like the fence R.B.!! I try to find weird things to do with them. Does anyone know if broken bands are replaced by resharp? Brian
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GAB

When I send blades to ReSharp for remanufacturing I usually send the bad and broken ones also.  I have sent a lot of broken ones back.
I had one customer who wanted one as a decoration and I said only one, here you go.
I had another customer ask for one and again I said only one.  He had it cut into three tooth lengths with the center tooth being the unset tooth.  He then grinds the outer two teeth off and shapes the remaining tooth, or center tooth, to the shape he desires to do inlay.
Apparently there are uses for broken or ruined blades.
Gerald
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Chuck White

Quite a while back I sent a bunch of broken blades to Forestry Forum member @shag , who is a blacksmith artist.

He told me that he makes flower arrangements out of junk saw blades.
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Dave Shepard

If they break, I toss them on the scrap metal heap, which is withing tossing distance of where my mill is, at the moment. If they are really damaged, and I think ReSharp is going to toss them anyway, I toss them on the scrap heap. If they are only lightly damaged, I put a tag on them that says "Metal strike" and send them back.
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Magicman

Like wwsjr above, all of my blades go back to WM Resharp.   :)
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4x4American

What does WM resharp do with the broken ones just toss em?
Boy, back in my day..

Dave Shepard

They must have a big metal dumpster out back to take them to the scrap yard.
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fishfighter

Quote from: pineywoods on March 30, 2015, 09:19:47 AM
Sometimes they can be fixed if you want to spend the time. I have my own sharpener and setter, fix them if no teeth are actually missing.

There ain't no way of fixing these. Not even a dentist could put teeth back on. :D

Delawhere Jack

On major metal strikes, where I bill the client for the band, I'll leave it with them if they want it. But I always cut it first. I don't want someone slicing themselves up trying to coil-uncoil a band. Otherwise it goes in the scrap metal pile, waiting for scrap rates to rise.

redprospector

Quote from: fishfighter on March 30, 2015, 06:17:29 PM
Quote from: pineywoods on March 30, 2015, 09:19:47 AM
Sometimes they can be fixed if you want to spend the time. I have my own sharpener and setter, fix them if no teeth are actually missing.

There ain't no way of fixing these. Not even a dentist could put teeth back on. :D
There ain't no way!  :D
That's what they told me too, and that's all it took.  :D
When I hit metal that breaks a few teeth I'll spend a little time on it. Where the tooth is broken off, I'll round the corners off with a grinder to where it has nothing to grab the wood to put any stress on the combined gullets. Then I set and sharpen as usual. I set these blades back as "metal blades", for those logs that you just know you're going to find a surprise in. Yep, you've got to slow the feed rate some (depending on the blade), and they'll generally leave a few tooth marks, but it beats cutting into metal you suspected was there with a good blade.
I have a few missing teeth myself, but it doesn't mean I can't still eat a steak. I just have to chew a little longer, and a little different than I used too.  ;D
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4x4American

Boy, back in my day..

Ludo

I saw a guy at a craft fair make bread slicers out of band saw blades. He made a wooden frame that held the blade about 1" offset to the side and had a handle.  It was pretty slick, that is if you bake your own bread...

fishfighter

Quote from: redprospector on March 30, 2015, 08:14:42 PM
Quote from: fishfighter on March 30, 2015, 06:17:29 PM
Quote from: pineywoods on March 30, 2015, 09:19:47 AM
Sometimes they can be fixed if you want to spend the time. I have my own sharpener and setter, fix them if no teeth are actually missing.

There ain't no way of fixing these. Not even a dentist could put teeth back on. :D
There ain't no way!  :D
That's what they told me too, and that's all it took.  :D
When I hit metal that breaks a few teeth I'll spend a little time on it. Where the tooth is broken off, I'll round the corners off with a grinder to where it has nothing to grab the wood to put any stress on the combined gullets. Then I set and sharpen as usual. I set these blades back as "metal blades", for those logs that you just know you're going to find a surprise in. Yep, you've got to slow the feed rate some (depending on the blade), and they'll generally leave a few tooth marks, but it beats cutting into metal you suspected was there with a good blade.
I have a few missing teeth myself, but it doesn't mean I can't still eat a steak. I just have to chew a little longer, and a little different than I used too.  ;D

I might give that a try. Most of the blades are only missing a few teeth. Heck, one was a new blade from the get go.

coalsmok

I made a nice looking dagger out of some old blades and pallet banding.

woodjunky

it makes for good baseboard and crown molding in rustic, manly work buildings. rough sawn and rusty steel trim. :)

Lud

I put some dead blades in a slab I was pouring.  Bet I'm not the first one to do so.
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fishfighter

Quote from: woodjunky on March 31, 2015, 09:01:46 AM
it makes for good baseboard and crown molding in rustic, manly work buildings. rough sawn and rusty steel trim. :)

That could happen. I been cutting timbers to build a camp. It's going to be timber/stick build. A combo of both. I just don't want to trash anymore blades. ;D

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