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   Sphere | Dec 21, 2008 03:35pm | #1

   If you feel you can without annealing the hardness, if you ain't certain, send to a saw shop .

   I'd break em down and use a fixed bench grinder and quench 2x as often as I think I need to. Follow the orig. bevel angle.

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   edwardh1 | Dec 21, 2008 07:14pm | #3

   Thanks I can do that but know little of quenching details -do you quench only if it gets red during gringing? and what quench in- oil or water?

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   Sphere | Dec 21, 2008 07:30pm | #4

   If you get it red or blue or yellow, it's too late.

   I quench in water, just grind a smidge, dip, grind, dip..or use a fancy water wheel slow grinder.

   If it gets RED and you dip, you actually make it harder, and brittle, don't dip and it's annealed ( too soft to cut).

   For something as rugged as a bolt cutter, a handheld is what I'd grab at first,a nd just kiss it lightly a few times, no steady stream of sparks.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks

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   McDesign | Dec 21, 2008 03:53pm | #2

   I was able to order new jaws for the ones I got from grandad (48") from McMaster-Carr.

   I used the old ones for the jaws of a giant welded-metal stag beetle 'artwork"!

   Forrest