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   derekcohen | Jun 28, 2009 02:17pm | #1

   There should not be a problem as I understand. Only the teeth are hardened.

   Regards from Perth

   Derek

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   davcefai | Jun 28, 2009 02:23pm | #2

   The Society for the Preservation of Old Saws might place you on their hitlist!

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   mosul | Jun 28, 2009 03:00pm | #4

   they'll never take me alive!p.s. I see your from malta. i go out there once a year to Golden Bay. love your island would live there tomorrow if i could.

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   RDNZL | Jun 28, 2009 02:36pm | #3

   I just did - made a scraper and a small tool for hammering into half blind dovetail kerfs.

   Being limited as to metal working capabilities, I used a hacksaw (tedious) and a stationary belt sander (with frequent quenching) to reshape the old blade.

   Have fun!

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   mosul | Jun 28, 2009 03:04pm | #5

   i figured it would be hard / tedious. thanks for letting me know its possible and that i wont be wasting my time.

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   boilerbay | Jun 28, 2009 04:49pm | #6

   Napie does it with a Dremmel cut off wheel and says they are good to go. I'm going to do it one of theses eons.

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   xmike | Jun 30, 2009 01:20am | #7

   One good way to make your hardpoint saw a candidate for cutting up into scrapers is to use it on hardboard. One 5 ft slice from a 1/4" tempered hardboard was sufficient to make my new hardpoint saw just another piece of dull scrap metal. Bummer.

   Makes good scrapers, eh? Hummmmmm.
   Mike D

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   basilg45 | Jul 01, 2009 04:21am | #8

   Mosul

   They make very good scrapers, just cut them up ( with care ) using a cut off wheel on an angle grinder or dremel. Leave the small hook shape on the end that normally fits in the handle if you wish to have something to fit into mouldings or carvings.

   Regards

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   mosul | Jul 01, 2009 11:41pm | #9

   thanks for all the advice. with the weekend approaching i shall be 'having at it!' in short order.

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   gmeik | Jul 03, 2021 02:04pm | #10

   It is even possible to temper a hard point saw and sharpen it.
   I tried this on several saws: remove the handle (and remove any plastic coating) and put the saw blade in an oven at 250 °C (480 °F) or warmer (350 °C would be better, but not many ovens can do this) for about 15 minutes. Higher temperature is OK, the intention is to temper the teeth to spring temper like the rest of the saw blade. Or at least to make them softer than the saw file...
   After this, the teeth can be sharpened and set.