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   BruceS | Jun 22, 2008 09:59pm | #1

   Good stock for lay out knives, home made mortising and marking gauges.  Have made little pull saws too for real tight spots.  Next attempt for scrap blade will be a chatter tool for lathe use.

   Work Safe,  Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

   Bruce S. 

    

   
   

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   Edited 6/22/2008 3:02 pm ET by BruceS

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   jpat | Jun 22, 2008 10:29pm | #2

   Hey Bruce,

   Thanks for the input not sure why I didn't think of the mark out knives. It's a 3/4 by 111 inch blade I should have enough stock to last me for a very long time ! need any ?

   Thanks again ,

   John

    

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   RickL | Jun 23, 2008 04:13pm | #3

   Most saws have enough adjusatability to allow you to have the blade rewelded and it should still fit. Except for my Timber Harvester bandmill. No leeway at all.

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   jpat | Jun 24, 2008 02:27am | #4

   Hey Rick,

   Thanks I haven't looked at it in a while  but if I remember correctly ....

   I think the mangled part of the blade was 4-5 inches long I'll check it out

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   philip | Jun 24, 2008 10:59am | #5

   John,
   Is it actually broken? If not you may get further life from it by hammering the kinks with a soft hammer or merely bending them straight by hand-when tension is applied it should run straight again.
   If the blade is still sharp and it is broken then as Rick said there should be enough room to re-join.
   The fact is that the blade may have weakness due to being stressed in the kinked areas, so when it breaks that is where it will happen. You don't know until you have tried it and you can often run a blade until it becomes blunt, even though it may have been bent or kinked.

   Philip Marcou