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[Jack Skinner]

All that was left was making my own broadhead and all my equipment will be made by myself. The Post last week by Tippett? got my juices flowing. So I bought this weekend a grinder/sharpening system from Harbour Freight, picked-up a table saw blade from Walley World. It is a plywood blade it had the most surface area. Well last night using the Ferretts method from his web page I laid out several blankes and using a dremmel tool I cut out a blank. It is in the dimensions of a 190 griz but without tange to heft with. This blank alone without being touched up and having the bevel ground is coming in at 250grains. That is about 50 or so grains heavier than I would like but I can deal with it.

Now for the question how do you others pick the steel you are going to use for your broadheads? This table saw blade is thick hence the weight. Do you use trial and error till you find a steel that is hard enough for blades but not so hard that you cant sharpen it in the field and also to get at least close to the weight you want? Are most saw blades going be of the same hardness? Any suggestions on what type of steel has worked for you would be greatly appreated. I will post a picture of the ground broadhead hopefully tonight or tomorrow.

[pappy]

I use band saw blades that come from the Nissan plant,they are 50th. thick.I lay out the size
about where I want and cut them out with a dremmel tool.Then weight them and cut them down till I get the weight I want.I go for about 160 grain.I have some pictures posted on P.A. but don't know how to post here.
   Pappy

[TexMex]

Jack, I use a blade from my 7.25 circular saw.
Pappy I use Webshots to post pictures from.

[Jack Skinner]

Pappy I think ferrett also used a bandsaw blade. I have never seen a bandsaw blade deep enough to get blades out of but my bandsaw is only a 14inch.

TexMex do you find the circuar saw blades tough but sharpenable in the field?

I wonder what Lowes would think if I stand by the verious steel blades and measure there thicknesses against say the thickness of a grizz using the calipers I have for bow making.