Thread: Making a Swaging Press

Originally Posted by bully

mean! what blade you use on bandsaw? I did something silly and broke my 10- 14 the other day, waiting for lockdown to finish so I can get another.

Im not sure the tooth count. Quite possibly a 10-14, its certainly not a fine blade. I always buy good quality Starrett blades and always have at least one brand new one on hand for when they break, though I havnt managed to break one since starting to buy Starretts. I run the saw on the slowest setting, and use plenty of cutting oil. A blade can last a very long time like this. Once I start having to add weights to the head of the saw to get it to cut, I change the blade.
Do you have a tig welder? if so, you can rig up a jig to tack the blade back together and then grind it smooth. I have done that at work a couple of times if we get caught short. Its not great but it will keep you cutting for a while longer.

Originally Posted by SixtyTen

Im not sure the tooth count. Quite possibly a 10-14, its certainly not a fine blade. I always buy good quality Starrett blades and always have at least one brand new one on hand for when they break, though I havnt managed to break one since starting to buy Starretts. I run the saw on the slowest setting, and use plenty of cutting oil. A blade can last a very long time like this. Once I start having to add weights to the head of the saw to get it to cut, I change the blade.
Do you have a tig welder? if so, you can rig up a jig to tack the blade back together and then grind it smooth. I have done that at work a couple of times if we get caught short. Its not great but it will keep you cutting for a while longer.

I do have a tig, and was thinking of having a go. I do have a spear 18tpi blade, so havnt tried the tig. did you chamfer then tig with filler ? what does the jig do? just hold it together and flat?