Welding Band Saw Blade

[rtcosic]

Thanks all.

I have spares. I don't have TIG, jig, patience, adequate reading glasses......................

I'll chalk it up to operator error and replenish my spares stock from Tuffsaws.

 

[iNf]

Well that'll teach me to open my mouth, no sooner did I comment on soldering bandsaw blades and my own snapped

 

[rtcosic]

Damn. You're about 90 miles away, not worth the trip for you to fix mine.

 

[the artfull-codger]

I made a jig to silver braze my blades with a decent scarfed joint using a sievert blowtorch but at an autojumble I got a Wadkin Bursgreen bandsaw brazer, it's 240 volt with automatic paralell clamps & using scarfed joint just press it on for half a minute or so then click to anneal, clean up & job done so brazing is a recognised method of joining as Wadkin don't make rubbish tools.

 

[JimK]

HI Artfull Codger, I too have a Wadkin bandsaw brazer. Would you have the operators manual for this or know the procedure for it's use.
thanks you Jim.

 

[rtcosic]

If you were a box of 3 bandsaw blades from Tuffsaws, where would you hide in my garage?

Finally found them this afternoon and wrestled a new one in place.

No fingers were lost in this excercise.

 

[the artfull-codger]

HI Artfull Codger, I too have a Wadkin bandsaw brazer. Would you have the operators manual for this or know the procedure for it's use.
thanks you Jim.

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Hi Jim,yes that's the same one that I have,afraid I've not got a manual for it, but I make a very shallow scarf angle about3/.8" -1/2" long so there's a good area of contact to silver braze,I then mix a liquid easyflow flux with a small dab of washing up liquid & coat the joints & put a piece of silver braze in between if it's round I uusually hammer it flat then put in the jig & press down on number 2 [depending which temp range ] then it melts & switch off keeping it clamoed & your ready to clean itup to thickness you can put it on higher to anneal it but I dont bother hope this helps.

 

[JimK]

Hi Artfull Codger. A small roll of strip silver solder came with my Brazer. I am looking forward to trying this machine.
Thanks for your help.
Jim

 

[DAPPH]

Was at Fizzy's unit this afternoon cutting some wood for him , I'd just taken the cut stock off the table , turned &started putting it in a big dumpy bag when one hell of a loud crack/ bang occurred , as loud and sharp as a high velocity rifle being fired a few inches from an un protected ear .

I had massive " Botty butterfly's" for a millisecond then realised the 15 foot or so blade on his Grand Daddy Startrite had parted under tension . took several minutes for my heart to get back to a regular useful pattern . The taper roller bearing on the drive & guide wheels are good it must have taken 3 min or more for the freed wheels to stop turning .
Due to the design of the machine a new coarse pure wood cutting blade was quickly put on and sawing wood resumed . It's a mean new wood blade , it cuts through 4x4 pine battens in about four seconds flat .

 

[fizzy]

Was at Fizzy's unit this afternoon cutting some wood for him , I'd just taken the cut stock off the table , turned &started putting it in a big dumpy bag when one hell of a loud crack/ bang occurred , as loud and sharp as a high velocity rifle being fired a few inches from an un protected ear .

I had massive " Botty butterfly's" for a millisecond then realised the 15 foot or so blade on his Grand Daddy Startrite had parted under tension . took several minutes for my heart to get back to a regular useful pattern . The taper roller bearing on the drive & guide wheels are good it must have taken 3 min or more for the freed wheels to stop turning .
Due to the design of the machine a new coarse pure wood cutting blade was put on and sawing wood resumed . It's a mean new wood blade , it cuts through 4x4 pine battens in about four seconds flat .

I am glad it was you and not me - the bang sounded loud enough from the kitchen area
Nice to see the blade didn't come out of the machine. Had a few snap on my 24" startrite but the 36" machine is a giant! Perhaps bandsaws are safer than we give them credit for?

 

[fizzy]

Just be grateful it wasn't one of these

 

[minimutly]

Was at Fizzy's unit this afternoon cutting some wood for him , I'd just taken the cut stock off the table , turned &started putting it in a big dumpy bag when one hell of a loud crack/ bang occurred , as loud and sharp as a high velocity rifle being fired a few inches from an un protected ear .

I had massive " Botty butterfly's" for a millisecond then realised the 15 foot or so blade on his Grand Daddy Startrite had parted under tension . took several minutes for my heart to get back to a regular useful pattern . The taper roller bearing on the drive & guide wheels are good it must have taken 3 min or more for the freed wheels to stop turning .
Due to the design of the machine a new coarse pure wood cutting blade was quickly put on and sawing wood resumed . It's a mean new wood blade , it cuts through 4x4 pine battens in about four seconds flat .

good for fingers then!