Homemade tool help

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David Miller from Iowa

>a bunch of bits saws and files hanging on the wall? ART.


ART

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Bill Ryall, somewhere in Maine

>Cool, but WAAAAYYYY to artistic for me.

Makes me wish I had that kind of talent though...

Bill R.

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Ernie Miller Topeka

>Drill bits you sharpen. hand saws you sharpen if they are good saws if not scrapers. circular saws? you take in to sharpen or make scrapers out of them or toss in trash. Planer blades Disposable blades? I usualy hone them once or twice and use on rough stuff I wouldn't want my good ones to touch. I don't know if they can easily be cut into plane or scraper blades but I doubt it. Tool steel dosent fit into the 6 month rule but there comes a time when every thing gets used or disposed of. WARNING!!!! Once you start making tools you never stop and that is a whole new slope so watch the fall is fast.

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Jack Guzman from Maine

>I took some useless files and threw them in the coals of the wood stove to remove the temper,then ground them into turnscrews.I haven't finished the project yet,waiting for the heating season to kick in so I can use the wood stove to retreat them(I think this will work).I also have a couple files ground for lathe scrapers.---Jack

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Victor Parisian

>old saw blades (round) make neat shims for shimming up a sagging porch or what have you. Personal experience here. and they are termite proof. Real easy to drive in with a hammer.

Been thinking of using a bunch of old 16 inch diamaond sawblade blanks to make the "wind chime from hell". ;~(

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Angelo in Cornwall, NY

>I've used old circular saw blades and chippers from a dado set to make spokeshave blades, both for wooden and metal bodied types. One was actually too thick for a stanley 51 and I had to file the mouth open a bit.

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Luke Herzberg

>I made a paring chisel from a used up file. Nothing to shout about, but it works. First time attempting heat treating, so the experience was better than the end result (if that makes sense!). :-)

- Luke

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R.J.Whelan

>Bill .... for me files become plane irons (really thick ones) and knifes. Circular saw blades get made into scrapers ... rj

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Bill Ryall, somewhere in Maine

>Thanks all

Tell you what Bill,

Bob Hackett

>If you post an E-mail address I`d be willing to bet some local neanderthals would be willing to contact you and maybe set up a meeting,(no,nod,wink,wink,say no more).

Contact me off line if you don`t want to post your info(although I can`t imagine why not).I`m in mid-coast area and can hook you up to enough info on places to keep you busy into the new year.

Mainely,Bob

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Bill Ryall, somewhere in Maine

>bill@ryall*nospam*.com

Remove the *nospam* for email. I am in the northern part of Cumberland County. I get up the coast frequently as I have transmitter sites I maintain up and down the coast, from Kennebunk to Bar Harbor.

Thanks

Bill R