Thread: Just a question

Yes that was funny....I agree outlawSD

Just for the record . I dont have a cracked blade
I am just tring to rattle some brain pans

What about welding? I have successfully welded some pretty thin metal before, but a full hollow blade is thinner than anything I've ever tried to work with. A thick enough wedge with the right touch might work in the hands of an extremely good welder and maybe a TIG machine. If you were to do that, I suppose the blade would have to be heat treated all over again and the weld cleaned up via grinder. Sounds like more work than its worth, but it seems possible (though not very easy at all). I'd scrap a blade before I tried all that, but how does that sound to the rest of you? I'm certainly no metal expert.

Originally Posted by jadam318

What about welding? I have successfully welded some pretty thin metal before, but a full hollow blade is thinner than anything I've ever tried to work with. A thick enough wedge with the right touch might work in the hands of an extremely good welder and maybe a TIG machine. If you were to do that, I suppose the blade would have to be heat treated all over again and the weld cleaned up via grinder. Sounds like more work than its worth, but it seems possible (though not very easy at all). I'd scrap a blade before I tried all that, but how does that sound to the rest of you? I'm certainly no metal expert.

If you're getting it hard enough to weld, you're completely ruining the temper. You would then need to clean the weld, re heat treat and reshape/polish (If there're enough metal left).