Sam Salvati Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Got a full length of practically brand new band saw blade from work, had snapped so they junked it (got another one too recently), and figure why waste it on damascus , I would make it into HMM WHAT ELSE? A saw:D. These saws cut on the pull stroke, I like them better than cutting on the push stroke. Thomas please let me know if the Sheffeild carpenters thought of this one too and I can amend the title . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnsrgn Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 have you tried it in wood yet, Sam? Band saw blades usually don't make good wood hand saw blades as they are sharpened different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted May 5, 2008 Author Share Posted May 5, 2008 I cut a peice of dried up firewood at the shop the same day I finished it, it worked VERY good, very agressive cut but it was nice and clean, the wood was oak. WHen I tried to cut pine however the saw kept binding, don't know if that is because the pine is so sappy or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnsrgn Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 soft woods are a bit different than hardwoodss, gullet size has to be bigger to accomadate the sawdust. and pine has a lot of gummy resin properties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmonds Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 That is just the nature of pine. Very high sap. Even a chainsaw will bind faster and need sharpened more frequently cutting pine. I worked as the Sanderman at a local plywood mill (mostly hardwood) for several years here in Oregon. I could run hardwoods like oak, maple, birch etc. with the sanders set up with 80, 100, 220 grit papers for an entire 8 hour shift (4000+ panels a night). When I set up for pine though, the papers grit would plug up quick. On the first load I would be standing at the sanders blowing compressed air onto the papers trying to clean the build-up off the papers as it accumulated....it was a losing battle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 IIRC the ancient egyptians used pull saws and I need to check the set of the teeth on the mastermyr find as I seem to recall that the norse did too in late viking times...but I'm happy to go with the term "japanese" for these types of saws. (Though you will note that curved pruning saws, especially pole mounted ones are often used on the pull stroke---but are usually can cut both ways.) I put decent band saw blades in my bowsaw for a 30" hacksaw and cut everything---wood, metal, plastic, hot metal, bone, horn, etc with them and when dull *then* they go into the patternwelding pile... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_sandy_creek_forge Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Hey Sam, Nice recycling job. As far as the bandsaw blades not working the best for handsaws, I BELIEVE one of Roy Underhill's books addressed how to refile a heavy bandsaw blade to make it better as a handsaw. Not sure which book it's in, so ya better InterLibrary Loan them all, just to be safe -Aaron @ the SCF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 Thanks Aaron I'll have to do that . Maybe the finer teeth sawblades work poorly, but this thing works GREAT! I'll have to box one up and send it to JR for a reveiw . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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