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12:18 am
November 27, 2010
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I have two lumberjack hand saws, the two man kind about 6' long.
I am an absolute beginner when it comes to blacksmithing. I could cut them into pieces with my cutting torch outfit, but it seems to me that they should be annealed in some way first. Anyway, my question is if you had this saw steel, how would you go about making knives with it?
1:26 am
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April 26, 2010
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Personally, I would sell those "misery whips" to an antique collector and use the profit to buy some nice 5160 steel for making knives. Suspension shops will sell their 5160 remnants for well under a buck a pound. Sometimes they'll give away small quantities.
But that don't help you none with what you asked. So...
If you anneal the saw blades first by 1) heating them evenly until a magnet won't stick & then just a little brighter 2) cooling SLOWLY in ashes, vermiculite, pearlite, whatever... then you can use a cold-cut chisel and/or a hacksaw to make smaller pieces.
If you can't rig a big enough fire to do the above, then torch-cut & anneal the smaller pieces afterward. Or just torch cut & run with it. Two misery whips should provide ample material for experimentation.
No matter where you go... there you are.
7:15 am
April 12, 2010
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i have to agree dont waste/ruin those blades. perhaps hit yard sales and pick up older hand saws or even old leaf or coil springs are ok steel too. and you can often get them for free.
2:56 am
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August 7, 2010
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making knives from lumberjack handsaws
I have two lumberjack hand saws, the two man kind about 6' long
Good Morning,
On the East coast they have LumberJacks, on the West Coast we have Loggers. The secret to running a "Swede Saw" is to not push, ONLY PULL.
There is so much good material in scrap metal bins that can be used to make a shive, why cut up a saw? Broken bandsaw blades are easier to work with, if you want saw blade material. They are thrown away every day.
I can never figure out why a person wants to make a shive or a samurai sword as their first project. Start with success not failure!!
As long as we are above our shoes, We know where we are.:happy:
9:16 pm
November 17, 2010
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Hey, if you want some steel, I'll gladly send you an equal weight of leaf spring for those two saws. I always try to keep in mind the value of the artifact I'm looking at over the value of the steel in it.
Keep the saws and hang them on your barn or sell them to someone who wants them. Get you some leaf or coil springs to forge. I you're looking at doing a stock removal blade, you can still get some good steel at a reasonable price instead of destroying those old saws.
11:41 pm
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July 9, 2010
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If the saws are badly damaged, for example with teeth broken off, then they may no longer have value as a saw. If broken, use them as you will. Otherwise, conserve them for saw uses. As we've said, they're more valuable as saws that as knife material. If you can post a picture we may all agree...
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