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Title: can these hacksaw blades make knife blades?
Post by: don s on March 13, 2011, 07:36:00 PM

i have a bunch of these hacksaw blades. they were never used. they became obsolete at the machine shop i got them from. can they be used for knife blades doing stock removal? or are they useless? thanks. don (http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h356/donny-szymanski/hacksaw%20blades/hacksawblades003.jpg) (http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h356/donny-szymanski/hacksaw%20blades/hacksawblades005.jpg) (http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h356/donny-szymanski/hacksaw%20blades/hacksawblades006.jpg)

Title: Re: can these hacksaw blades make knife blades?
Post by: Lin Rhea on March 13, 2011, 07:51:00 PM

Kind of thin, but I bet they would make a good blade. .088 should be good for a filet knife.

Title: Re: can these hacksaw blades make knife blades?
Post by: don s on March 13, 2011, 09:09:00 PM

thanks lin. thats great. i was thinking of doing one and leaving the teeth on the back. what would be an acceptable minimum thickness for a hunting type blade? lets say a small drop point?
                                      don

Title: Re: can these hacksaw blades make knife blades?
Post by: Lin Rhea on March 13, 2011, 09:24:00 PM

Don,
    You can make a small drop point from your blades. I bet it will be just fine. Anything bigger and you might want something 1/8 or even thicker. The unknown about this steel is the exact alloy and heat treat, but it can be done. Lin

Title: Re: can these hacksaw blades make knife blades?
Post by: milehi101 on March 13, 2011, 09:52:00 PM

To do stock removal you would have to anneal them or you would not have much luck with stock removal.If you have a belt grinder and go slow so as not to ruin the temper you could do it that way.  Like Lin said it could be a problem if they were annealed and then you had to try to heat treat them after the stock removal process.

Title: Re: can these hacksaw blades make knife blades?
Post by: don s on March 13, 2011, 10:26:00 PM

milehi101, thats what i was thinking but wasn't sure. can these blades even be heat treated? what i was thinking was to do a pattern of the blade i want and cut it out using a dremel tool or some such tool. then i can use a bench grinder. is that possible? i do have a lot of them so i could try annealing and then heat treat. if it doesn't work i'm just out the time spent.
      don

Title: Re: can these hacksaw blades make knife blades?
Post by: OconeeDan on March 15, 2011, 11:53:00 PM

Those blades can be heat treated, or they wouldn't make good saw blades to start with.
I appeal to others on the best method to anneal them and then re-heat treat them.
Don't forget to make yourself (and your wife) a good paring knife with it, the thin steel will make good kitchen / steak knives.
Dan