Hate to see it go to waste

[Gene Howe]

A while ago, I nicked my Japanese style pull saw on a nail. Repairing the teeth on these things is impossible. plus, new blades are cheap.
Anyhow, the old blade appears to be of excellent manufacture and I hate to just toss it. Maybe a scraper could be fashioned? My extensive collection of metal working tools consists of a hacksaw and sheet metal shears. My metal working knowledge is only slightly less extensive.
Anyone have any ideas?

[nuhobby]

I don't know if that sort of blade is quite thick enough for what you have in mind, but home-made Scrapers and Scratch Stocks (like a bead-profiling scratcher) are fun to have. There's a lot you can do with a small Dremel cutoff wheel, or Al-Oxide strip sanding, some Files, or other grinding methods.

Depending on the location of your broken saw-tooth, the remainder of the blade might be usable in some short-length saw tool as well. I keep thinking of the Bridge City JointMaster (Pro) -- which is like a Shopsmith table built atop an inverted Japanese saw blade.

[Gene Howe]

Chris, the bent tooth is about smack dab in the middle.
The blade appears to be as thick as the scraper that I have. The blade is about 4" wide and about 10" long.

[shaun]

I nicked my Japanese style pull saw on a nail... Any ideas?

Well, before you start it would be good to go to a nearby Trade School (oops! -- "Technical College") and chat with the head of the department training machinists and such. They might allow a student to work on it as a project]could[/B] sandwich the blade between a couple of thicker sheets of metal and cut it with your hacksaw, but...) You could probably get a couple of very good scrapers out of it.

When using a Dremel (or grinding wheel or anything else that will heat the metal), be careful and diligently avoid getting the metal hot -- doing so will diminish the temper. Additionally, you might want to harden the working edge (which the trade school folk could give you tips on doing -- or might even do for you).

Also be careful before making a scraper -- once you have one, you will be in danger of creating lots of new projects requiring a very fine finish, and prolly find yourself spending as much time scraping as sawing+joining+ gluing +sanding!

Good luck wi' it!
-Shaun-

[Gene Howe]

Thanks, Shaun. I'm going to try your "Trade School" suggestion.