Bandsaw blade welding

[RobWilson]

(12-14-2015, 06:10 PM)TomG Wrote:

• Weld it
  
• Anneal it bright red (not orange)
  
• Grind it
  
• Temper it to blue ?? 
  
• If that doesn't work, build my soldering fixture and silver solder it
  

          Tom

The very fact that the blade has been Annealed

Quote:Annealing is a heat process whereby a metal is heated to a specific temperature /colour and then allowed to cool slowly. This softens the metal which means it can be cut and shaped more easily. Mild steel, is heated to a red heat and allowed to cool slowly.

Means there is no need  to Temper . Tempering is used to reduce the hardness of hardened steel , so if the blade has been annealed  it can't be in a hardened state . 



Rob