What to with all those old blades?

For my circular saws and table saws I have a bunch of old (used, not sharp)

Cheap?? Where do you buy yours?

The last 10" blade I bought was $70 (CMT)..

Not at $70 a blade.

You must buy your blades at HD or Menards or Lowes.

My "quality" blades are freuds. I use them for "real" woodworking. For toobafours and other carpentery work, I used the cheap ones, mostly in my circular and miter saws. My freuds cost me about $50-60 each at woodworking shows. My cheapies cost me 8-15 bucks at menards.

You could trying making a set of cymbals out of them. I've heard of some people cutting them up and using them for various cutting/carving tools.

John

I throw them around on the beach...yannow...like a Frisbee?

For some reason, nobody ever wants to play with me.

I used those cheapo blades when i first started out in the hobbie and bought my first real blade (CMT) and I couldn't believe the difference in the cut. I was blown away. I almost don't need the jointer after ripping anymore. Sometimes I have to look really hard at the board to determine which side I just ripped.

Think "Scrapers".

I often glue up straight from the table saw...and I don't have a big-buck saw like a lot of you guys in here. A good blade and I make sure I'm dead-nuts vertical to the table.

I want a jointer, down the road a ways, for other things, but I can live without one just fine.

I don't have a big buck saw either :) (check out my cheap saw at link below) or a big buck fence for that matter, but boy does a "good" quality blade make a HUGE difference.

I cut them up and make knives, scrapers, honing plates and other things from them. max

I gotta say I NEVER do any thing to a ripped edge before gluing it.

Not so. Here is a company that does it for 21 cents a tooth. My blade has

GFretwell wrote but didn't archive: snip> I don't even bother to sharpen chan saw chains. They are $15-20

But I think a sharpening is cheaper than that. Tom

Nice web page; I like the way you did the various hot spots.

A dull jointer can leave a glaze on the surface of the edge which a saw blade won't. I know that hard maple can glaze to the point where a drop of water will bead. I found that the use of freshly sharpened blades reduces glazing. A sawn edge seems to take glue better. It is a highly subjective observation and I have never tested relative joint strengths.

Great idea, thanks. Occasionally I do have a need for some good steel and I bet a saw blade has it.

LOL! Your project schedule sounds like mine. Somebody's gonna' really make out at my estate sale :-).

Thanks. It is poplar with a red water based stain. Then sealed.

It only lasted a couple of years. I need to make a new one, this time out of cedar.

Thank you.