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   gordsco | Apr 04, 2007 04:32am | #1

   Hey thats pretty cool, did you see the one where

   Luka did a detailed explanation for homemade replacements?

   Here's the link:

   http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/messages?msg=66253.10

   From:  Luka   11/24/2005 5:12 am  To:  NickNukeEm  (10 of 94)    66253.10 in reply to 66253.5  Nick, You'll probably just want to go with the cheaper ones on ebay, but here is a couple alternatives... 1. Sharpen what you have, using a dremel with a very thin cutoff blade. View Image This dremel has a stone in it, but you get the idea. I have some super thin cutoff blades that would easily put teeth back on, or sharpen even the finest of teeth on those tiny saws. 2. Make your own... Start with the blade that you screwed the teeth up on... View Image Cut off the blade, from the flange. (If yours does not have that flange, just cut the blade off in that general area, and thereby create the flange.) And drill or punch some holes in the flange. View Image Now decide on a blade. * A hobby razor saw blade... View Image (Fits an exacto hobby knife handle. The big red handle.) Hobby This page has several different options for the blade. 30, 40 and 52 teeth/inch. * Or a japanese pull saw replacement blade... japanwoodworker You can use any blade on this page, or any other, for that matter. Nothing says you can't use a thicker blade... Cut a section out of the blade, and drill the holes to correspond with the holes in the flange. View Image View Image Then simply rivet the two together. View Image The beauty of the last step is that you don't really have to drill or punch holes in the blade. If you cut slots instead, it will still work. That dremel with the very thin cutoff blade will do ALL the cutting, sharpening, or slot cutting. And will do so without removing temper, if yer careful. Or, skip the holes/slots and either spot weld the blade to the flange, or silver solder it. I keep thinking that I need to figure out some variation of this that can be attached to a "mouse" sander, or something similar. You can end up with 3 or more blades from a blade that costs from 3 dollars to 20 dollars, depending on the blade you choose to cut your replacement from. The first one would be the slowest. After that it shouldn't take you more than ten or 15 minutes to make a replacement blade. (I should submit this as a "tips and techniques" submission...)

    

    

                           

    

    

   
   

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   sharpblade | Apr 04, 2007 01:51pm | #2

   >>> (I should submit this as a "tips and techniques" submission...)

   Yeah, good idea. That will rile up the folks at Fein and force them to lower their price now that they have competition.

   BTW, how come I see Gordsco as ther author? Is that you Luka? You look different.

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   gordsco | Apr 05, 2007 01:16pm | #3

   A simple paste and post on my part, Luka gets all the credit for a beautifully detailed explanation . 

   Gord