Carbide strips

[Dixieblade57]

Can you purchase strips of carbide steel, say 1/2" W X 5"L x 1/8" Thick?
If so where?
What would they cost?
What I was thinking that if you could purchase such strips you could epoxy them to the side of a filing guide and have a surface that you could run against a grinder, a file or pretty much anything and have little, too no wear. This should be cheaper than an all carbide filing guide!
Any thoughts on this idea?

 

[Mike Quesenberry]

MSC carries carbide strips. That's where I got mine.

 

[JTknives]

Yes you can. We use a lot of it at work to make saws. I have also been thinking of making some like this. But i would braze the carbide on to the steel. I will check where we get it from for you.

 

[stephanfowler]

i did this once with Jb Weld but one of them popped off.

I've not tried again yet

 

[Dixieblade57]

MSC carries carbide strips. That's where I got mine.

That is just what the doctor ordered!

http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRIT?PMPXNO=1727989&PMT4NO=78913477

Man they don't come cheap though, do they? That's $74.18 for two strips plus shipping.
Looking at it that way the filing guides w/carbide already attached may not be so overpriced after all!!!!!!! :jerkit:

 

[bhyde]

Or you could get them from Enco for cheaper...

Example

http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PARTPG=INSRAR2&PMAKA=619-1246&PMPXNO=16718995

 

[efleming]

Got mine from MSC. Used the following to adhere... Works great and can put up with heat of using a grinder against it.

Loctite® 325™ Speedbonder™ Structural Adhesive, High Temperature is a high temperature, two-step, no mixing required transparent brown adhesive. Loctite 325 is solvent resistant and, when used in conjunction with Loctite® Primer 7075™, forms flexible bonds on gaps up to 0.40". Designed for severe environments and temperatures to 350°F, Loctite 325 fixtures in 5 minutes

 

[deker]

Or you could get them from Enco for cheaper...

Example

http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INSRIT?PARTPG=INSRAR2&PMAKA=619-1246&PMPXNO=16718995

Yes, but the one you linked to is 1.5" long, where the one he was looking at was 6" long...Still about $10 cheaper from Enco for the 6" long ones.

-d

 

[Josh Dabney]

http://www.msdiscount.com/columnar.....php?p=25778&compidcookieset&sessioncookieset

Here's another option. I haven't got them yet but they do have a variety of sizes. I went to order them and they have a minimum purchase of $25 so I held off and haven't got back to it yet.

-Josh

 

[Dixieblade57]

http://www.msdiscount.com/columnar.....php?p=25778&compidcookieset&sessioncookieset

Here's another option. I haven't got them yet but they do have a variety of sizes. I went to order them and they have a minimum purchase of $25 so I held off and haven't got back to it yet.

-Josh

Josh, what are you kidding, all I got to is start an order, and it's over $25.00 the first key stroke!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So I guess my idea was not so dumb it is just a matter of finding the right size carbide strips, at the right price.

 

[Dixieblade57]

Got mine from MSC. Used the following to adhere... Works great and can put up with heat of using a grinder against it.

Loctite® 325™ Speedbonder™ Structural Adhesive, High Temperature is a high temperature, two-step, no mixing required transparent brown adhesive. Loctite 325 is solvent resistant and, when used in conjunction with Loctite® Primer 7075™, forms flexible bonds on gaps up to 0.40". Designed for severe environments and temperatures to 350°F, Loctite 325 fixtures in 5 minutes

Eric, thanks for the heads up on the adhesive. This is beggining to look more like a do-able project all the time. If I can get the carbide for a reasonablel price that is! :thumbup:

 

[chris609]

Carbide strips for the file guide is a great idea I will try soon. Could carbide plate be used for platens? Like the glass most of us use?