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Mark Williams

Mark Williams

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I was curious if anyone might know what type of steel is used for making the large, circular, diamond saw blades. The ones used to cut concrete and asphault. Thanks,
Mark
 
I don't know exactly what it is I'm quessing 1050 or therabouts, a friend gave me a piece and it did not get as hard as I would have liked. i quenched in oil though, might gain a few points in water. I quit messing with it.

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Sola Fide
 
Gouge,I not sure what steel it is,but if you have time play with it.We use cold saws in my day job doing metal fabrication.Once one broke,so like any respectable knifemaker I tried to make a blade not knowing the composition of the steel.I could not anneal it with a torch, in fact it shattered while cooling launching steel to all corners of our shop.I did get one piece to make a knife, but it was a belt-eater.Stick with known metals unless it is for fun and curiosity. Dave
 
Thanks for the info Guys,I made a small knife out of the stuff just out of curiosity. It was very easy to work with. I am only using hand tools so far other than a dremel to cut with.I made something mainly just artsy for my wife. Deer point handle, brass bolsters.I used the dremel with the smallest bit to do some artwork on the handle. I filled the work with J.B. weld and sanded it flush.It's not much, but I had a great time doing it. I made sure my first project was something for my wife,for obvious reasons.
Mark
 
I think cold saws are usually HSS.

Messing about with unknown steels just takes a little detective work. The trick is to find out how to work it with the minimume amount of spent time and materials.

The book New Edge of the Anvil has a chart that lists what some auto parts are "probably" made of.

The first thing to find out is can the steel be hardened and tempered with the equipement you have on hand.

Life is whatit is.



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Sola Fide
 
I realize you guys are talking regular hardware store blades, but thought this might be of interest.
A few months back I bought around 600' of 9"-14" wide bandsaw blade at a sawmill auction. I was fortunate enough to speak with the fileroom foreman, who directed me to the supplier of all blades purchased by this mill.
They gave me the chart for the bandsaw blades (close to 15N20), as well as a 6' circular sawblade I also bought(in the Sharon group).
Remember, most if not all bandsaw blade in this configuration is usually a proprietary steel specially formulated by the manufacturer, so take this with a grain of salt.
 
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