Carbide help

tinman44

tinman44

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there are many knives or tools with carbide tips designed to break glass during an emergency. can anyone tell me where to get a small stud i want to add glass breaking potential to a tool i'm modding. any ideas or suggestions? can anyone hook me up with one or a manufacturer?
 
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well of course not and if you saw the tool i was modding (will post pics in axe forums) you would think its an overkill. its more for cosmetic spike type look. though it will have a funtion for a point of impact that is central and stronger than normal steel this tool is constructed of. teaser (wrecking hammer)
 
ok. in that case i have better options as well as cheaper. though i do have a follow up question. if this is the case why do emergency glass breaking tools go out of their way to install carbide? also so everyone is aware. i have almost no understanding of metallurgy, strengths, or treatments of steels to make them stronger than a slag pile of iron
 
Where I've needed a hardened insert what I've done was drill a hole in the softer steel with a cheap HSS drill bit and then cut a piece of the shank off the drill bit and glue it in with some red loctite. Shape and sharpen before gluing in, if required.
 
You are in GA, so this may not be a no brainer for you, but what you want is a snowmobile stud. A google search on "carbide stud" will turn up lots of them ( ebay too). Here is a link to a supplier :
http://www.cbperformanceparts.com/products/?pcid=27

If you have a northern friend who can go to a snowmobile shop, they can probably get a new one for a couple bucks, or a used one for free.

Stacy
 
bladsmth said:
You are in GA, so this may not be a no brainer for you, but what you want is a snowmobile stud. A google search on "carbide stud" will turn up lots of them ( ebay too). Here is a link to a supplier :
http://www.cbperformanceparts.com/products/?pcid=27

If you have a northern friend who can go to a snowmobile shop, they can probably get a new one for a couple bucks, or a used one for free.

Stacy
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i saw these and considered cutting the the flat end off then i would have a threaded carbide point. this may be the best option as they are fairly cheap.
 
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