Over a period of 30 years I’ve accumulated a collection of dull 10″ circular saw blades (20+). The collection includes carbide and non-carbide tipped blades, rip blades, plywood blades, combination blades, and you name it. Now I plan to narrow my collection to just a few better quality blades and resharpen them as needed.
What does one do with old blades? I’m not looking to make any money on them, but I hate to just toss them. Does anyone have any suggestions on who might be able to use them? Have you done anything useful with your old blades?
And no – I really don’t want to make 20 shop clocks! But other non-conventional uses for these blades would be considered.
Jerry
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Wind chimes.
David Ring
http://www.touchwood.co.il/?id=1&lang=e
Frisby.
Make knives and cabinet scrapers out of them.
Regards from Perth
Derek
Derek,Use the blades for frisbees - what a great idea! I suppose one could orient the blade so that it rotates backwards when one is playing a friendly game, and when playing more competitively orient it for forward rotation. Only wimps can wear gloves for catching!I've attached a picture of the view out my window today, so that you can see why not many people play frisbee in Minnesota in the winter. The snow makes for a soft landing when one falls, but it sure is hard to get much speed up when trying to catch a pass. Tonight the temperature is supposed to drop to -15c; any interest in a house swap for the next month or two? I'm imagining it is a bit warmer in Perth.Regards,
Jerry
That's very pretty Jerry.
I'll trade - today is 95 degrees F. Tomorrow will be 100 degrees F. It gets a bit hotter as summer grows ...
Regards from sunny Perth
Derek
How about ninja death stars?
Recycle the steel...
Makes a pretty good heat sink when soldering copper pipes right against a wooden stud, plate or other combustible material. Make only ten shop clocks.
Edited 12/28/2008 5:01 pm ET by Tinkerer3
We have a metal recyling place near us. I'd take them by and put them in the pile.
I would sharpen the carbide ones and save them for things that are hard on blades like ipe, mdf etc. where the quality of cut might not be super critical. As for the non carbide ones put them in the recycling bin. Or scrap dealer.
Troy
I know people that paint landscapes and such on them to sell at flea markets and such. I don't know how you would find such artists, Call art schools in your area??
Thanks to all for your replies and ideas. My father-in-law would probably get a kick out of painting a scene on a couple of the circular saw blades, which means I'll probably wind up with them back in my shop, but this time as wall decoration - and that's ok. I like the wind chime idea, but it is going to take some serious convincing to get my wife to go along with that one! Hmmm, perhaps they would be useful to keep the squirrels away from the birdfeeeder - sort of like barbed wire.Thanks again,
Jerry
Barbells for chicks?
Big fender washers?
Disk brakes for Sri Lankan cars?
Coasters for mini kegs.
Boiler
list them on craigslist for free, 2 per person. There's probably more than a few woodworkers out there that can't afford a new blade but can afford to get an old one sharpened.
put them in a box and mail to me. I'm poor. Email [email protected] for address.
Thanx.
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