bandsaw blades

[chuckw3]

So what do you do with your old bandsaw blades. There has to be a shop use out there. I have a couple of blades just waiting.

Chuck

 

[hehndc]

Chuck:

I have heard one can use sections of the blade to clean buffing wheels.

Steve

 

[wiset1]

I gave mine to woodcraft to get rid of when I ordered a new one. The guy said some people make knives and other tools from sections...?

 

[Dan26]

I was up in Rockport, Maine last summer and we visited The Apprentice Shop, a school for boat making. This is what they did with several of their blades.

 

[chuckw3]

Thanks for the info I may try some knives with the bigger ones. Not sure what to do with 1/8 but someone on another site said they cut them down and use in their scroll saw will give that a try as well

Chuck

 

[jscola]

Some one told me they could be sharpened useing a dremel tool. but I have never tried it . Has anyone tried to sharpen their own blades?

 

[keithkarl2007]

Don't know if they would be heavy enough for chatter tools.

 

[mhbeauford]

I resharpen the big ones, 1" 3 tpi with a dremel. I use them on my 19" bandsaw to cut bowl blanks, resaw green wood and cut pen blanks. Some woods dull it pretty quickly, such as mesquite. I can usually resharpen it 2-3 times before it doesn't cut well. Fine toothed blades are just too much trouble.

 

[1080Wayne]

I keep a section of one in both shop and house for use as a fishing tool for small objects that like to roll under fridges , etc .

 

[TellicoTurning]

You could use a section as a cutter for your tape dispenser.