Thread: a crap ton of blades

Thanks for the photo progression! I admire your ability to stick to a job and see results happening without some of the "needed" tools! Very good jobs of work and well proportioned while you were at it!!
~Richard

I see mine........Right there!

Ooh Mucho Blado
nice work
but any reason why you drill & not cut just cut with a grinder or saw ??
apart from lack of the tool to do so?

I think because you lose a fair bit of material with an angle grinder, and there is not enough spacing between the razors. Especially considering that an angle grinder needs to grind in a straight line. and cannot go around corners

Originally Posted by Substance

Ooh Mucho Blado
nice work
but any reason why you drill & not cut just cut with a grinder or saw ??
apart from lack of the tool to do so?

i have angle grinders, dont have metal cutting bandsaw at the moment.
i used to cut everything out with an angle grinder. i hate the sound and feel of it, but ill still use it a bit. drilling holes is just BORING (pun intended) and lazy work but doesnt take too-too long and without the noise i hate! i spend long days in the shop so its a rare break from really.
ive hacksawed parts out, drilling holes where i need to change the direction of cut and connect the holes with the hacksaw.
the hacksaw isnt noisy, just far more laborious and defeats my peaceful break time as well all the fun work begins after i get the blanks separated.
as bruno said there is also a fair bit of wasted material going this route, no matter how i cut the blanks out, once t the grinder the stock removl method generates a lot of waste! in time ill work into forging blades to minimize waste.

Yeh spose no Sparks and no noise sure are a perk

Love the progression pics!

Looks great. Very jealous.

Originally Posted by Substance

Yeh spose no Sparks and no noise sure are a perk

nah man, sparks are good!

Being a boiley & welder by trade but now staff based I sometimes miss the smell of burning metal
Nice carbon content in them sparks LOL