"WConner" wrote in message
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Do you or anyone you know weld their own bandsaw blades, why not share
your
experienced here, the pro and con? Thanks.

I tried it but gave up.

Walt Conner

I have welded many blades for my grandfather's friends. Here is what I do
in our shop. First of all I ignore the comments directed to my youth by
Grandpa's friends. I use a simple set up - an Oxy/MAPP to torch to do the
brazing. I grind a bevel on both of the edges to make a good lap joint. I
use jig that I made that has a cut out flange in the middle to hold
everything nice and tight and straight. I then use c clamps to put the
joint over the cut out. It is not too hard to judge the overlap. A good
overlap will cut down on the amount of grinding you might have to do. I
then just braze the blade together. I finish it off by annealing the blade.
None of my welds have failed, the blades have come back broken in other
places.

Take Care,
Xopher