Take broken cold saw blade


Use cut off wheel on rotary air tool to cut out the basic profile. I scored the blade deep and broke it out.


Do a little grinding


Then it's just temper at 500*f for an hour (A1 tool steel) leave it to cool in the oven DON'T just pull it out. A1 STEEL air hardens, it needs to cool slowly.

The rest is just patients and fitting.

Nice

It still needs a little polishing and clean up but pretty much ready for final assembly. The blade was never originally ment for this handle but the. I changed things after I realized the tang was going to be problematic.

Next one I'm thinking scales. I don't think I should go more then 6" blade with this steel at its thickness though. I'll probably do a skinnier blade next. This one is just shy of 5 1/2".

ETA: Done fitting it, I'll rough the tang up Monday and do final assembly, then it's just put the edge on it and enjoy.