Disposal of worn out bandsaw blades

[desmoengine]

ok guys looking for some wisdom on what to do with worn out band saw blades. ive got a few collecting dust in the corner of the workshop and thaught it might be inapropriate to toss them in the bin to end up in land fill.
ive done a bit of recycling ie cutting up a blade to make a few shop knives , but after that hat else ? any ideas ?
scrap metal merchant perhaps (better than land fill)
i cant be the only person who has old blades to get rid of .

dave w

 

[dickm]

I've seen a suggestion of cutting blades into short lengths and then sandwiching the lengths together to make a sort of very rough flat rasp, but it seems a bit of a waste of time. Agree it's a shame just to landfill these things, but ferrous scrap is not exactly valuable. I took 140kg to the merchant when we were moving house, and got the princely sum of £8 for it. So unless your merchant lives very near, it's hardly worth the fuel

 

[mr]

More shop knife blades for those of us that don't have bandsaws or old bandsaw blades knocking about perhaps

Cheers Mike

 

[devonwoody]

How about sticking an abrasive material to the outside of a blade and using it as a massive sanding belt.

Naturally take the thrust bearings away from the outside of the belt.

Perhaps Nicki can do a special on this for us

I've got a 5 year old bandsaw if anyone wants to make me an offer :wink:

 

[ike]

Drop them in the METALS container at the local recycling centre/tip. It won't go to landfill then.

 

[mr]

I've got a 5 year old bandsaw if anyone wants to make me an offer :wink:

Does it have a make and model ?
Cheers Mike

 

[Anonymous]

I get mine resharpened inc the hard point variety. Some of them may not be much use for accurate work with the set gone and a few bends etc but they are brill for general freehand work and firewood etc. So not scrapped until also broken.

cheers
Jacob