planner blade ?

[Will52100]

My father the penny pincher, has asked me about making him planner blades. Anybody done this before? He's asking about highspeed steel, but D-2 is a posibility. The blades are 1/8"x1", think there 12" long, will have to check on that.

Any thoughts,

 

[howiesatwork]

They really have to be precision made (I'm not doubting you could do it), both cutting angle and straightness.
It really would be easier to go buy a set, and give them to him...
Happy Fathers Day...

 

[Ilovetoolsteel]

My father the penny pincher, has asked me about making him planner blades. Anybody done this before? He's asking about highspeed steel, but D-2 is a posibility. The blades are 1/8"x1", think there 12" long, will have to check on that.

Any thoughts,

M2 would be better. Planer blades are cheap you can buy 2 & 3 blade sets from Grizzly for under $40

You can barely buy precision ground M2 steel that cheap.

 

[Andrew Taylor]

Do you mean a 'planer' as in a carpenters block plane, or an electric plane? Full instructions for a carpenter's plane here.
http://home1.gte.net/vzn05zew/rodbuild/plane/planebld/plan-bld.html

Any steel, high tempered would do.

 

[Del Raso Knives]

HSS buzzer blades are around 63 to 64 RC and maintain their hardness even if they get hot. At around $2.80 an inch there is no way you can make them cheaper. D2 is great for paper guilotine blades and grannulator blades but not for buzzer blades.
Buy the loveable cheap bastid a set for fathers day and save yourself a really big head ache.

peter

 

[peter nap]

I agree, buy him a set. It's hard enough to make a knife out of planer blades but making planer blades from stock could be a lifetime project and still not be right.

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Another factor besides the non-economy is the safety factor.Planer blades are spinning very fast.Any flaw in the steel or stress from the HT will create a very dangerous situation.Good quality commercially manufactured blades are made under tight controls and testing.

 

[steierknives]

I just did the grinding for a fellow worker one time. I really had a hard time keeping them flat. They wanted to do a lot of warping. Don't know what type of steel he used.

 

[Will52100]

Thanks guys, it came up when he found out I was getting a surface grinder.

Bout what I figured, but it helps to have conframation.

 

[Phillip Patton]

A guy who works with my dad has a hobby/business building cabinet doors. He bought blades for his planer that are carbide. He said they make a much smoother cut and last a lot longer. A set of three blades cost him $600. I think he paid $800 for the planer. Don't tell his wife.