01-21-2014, 12:02 AM
I've been silver soldering my bandsaw blades for quite a while now and finally got around to making a proper fixture to do it. Here's a little video on my technique.
Tom
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Thanks given by: gunnersmate
01-21-2014, 02:36 AM
Another great video Tom, Thanks
Need to get one built and give it a go, the last 93 inch bimetal blade I bought for the horizontal saw was about 50 bucks.
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Greg 
01-21-2014, 04:38 AM
Hi Tom , thanks for another really good video I have brazed bandsaw blades in the past when I have been stuck but just messed about with make shift bits of angle to line things up but this jig looks like the proper way to do it
 Looks like my 'to do list' just got one item longer lol Thanks again Mick
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01-21-2014, 05:15 AM
Very helpful Tom, thanks for that!
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01-21-2014, 07:54 AM
Thanks guys.
I used a makeshift fixture as well and it was always a pain to use, plus it never got the alignment quite right. This one does it well and does it quickly. Greg: A a 100 foot roll of the hard carbon blade that I welded is only $80. That'll make 12 blades with some left over for an emergency splice. Tom
01-21-2014, 08:06 AM
I've done a few bimetal blades and made a jig based on the clamp arrangement on my "CRAPPY" car battery powered welder.
But I do it only when I need to do some "internal" cutting. I find that my bimetal blades last so long that their high cost is justified.
Busy Bee 12-36 lathe, Busy Bee Mill drill, Busy Bee 4x6 bandsaw, Homemade 9x17 bandsaw, Ad infinitum.
01-21-2014, 08:23 AM
(01-21-2014, 08:06 AM)stevec Wrote: I've done a few bimetal blades and made a jig based on the clamp arrangement on my "CRAPPY" car battery powered welder. The bi-metals do last. I have one that I use for straight cuts in steel. Unfortunately, they don't go around corners very well so I use standard hard carbon blades for everything else. Tom 
01-21-2014, 03:29 PM
Tom,
Thanks for another great video. Could 1/2" Aluminum be used for the fixture plate? I don't have any steel big enough in my scrap box. I would guess the cutout for the torch would have to be a bit bigger to keep from melting the aluminum. Chuck
Micromark 7x14 Lathe, X2 Mill , old Green 4x6 bandsaw
The difficult takes me a while, the impossible takes a little longer.
01-21-2014, 05:26 PM
(01-21-2014, 03:29 PM)chucketn Wrote: Tom, Thanks Chuck. Aluminum will work fine, and keep the cutout on the narrow side for blade alignment. A little solder joint like that doesn't require near enough heat to melt 1/2" plate, even if you use oxy-acetylene. My original fixture was 1/4" aluminum with a 1/2" wide slot. Tom
01-21-2014, 05:45 PM
Even though my band saw has a welder, I too many years ago made a clamp / jig thing to hold the blade ends whilst silver soldering.
However mine is a crude poor relation to yours Tom  Andrew
Andrew Mawson, proud to be a member of MetalworkingFun Forum since Oct 2013.
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