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hillbilly61:
That might work. I can use my Dremil tool And cut one out and see what happend. Maybe I can get one done by the weekend. ;)

Pat B:
You can score the metal with a cold chisel in the shape you want then break it apart.

Pappy:
I use a dermal with a cut off wheel,the band saw blade I use is 50/1000 thick .Just be sure and keep the cut off wheel very straight as you cut or it will eat the wheel up very quick. GregB just marks it and grinds them out on a bench grinder,he keeps a pan of water handy and dunks it on a regular basis to keep it cool.Works just fine.Just take you time.  :)
   Pappy

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stickbender:
     
     Hillbilly61;
     It isn't that big of a deal.  If you can get those blades get them.  You just take a plain ol little shop blow torch, or if you go to the hardware store, or Wally World, and get some Mapp gas, you just heat the blade, cut it with a hack saw, or score it with a triangular file, and break it.
You just heat it up to a nice cherry red or a little hotter, and let it cool.  Bingo, it is annealed.  You use a hack saw, or dremel, and cut out a two and a half inch long section or so, and grind it to shape, or file it, or use a bench grinder, and get the shape, and bevels you want, and then just light up the Mapp gas again, and heat it to a nice cherry red, and drop it in a little pot of oil, or water.  Or if you want to go real hard, use a pot of acetone, and dry ice.  Then you are subquenching it.  Nice and hard.  Brittle maybe.  Depends on the carbon content of the blade.  But it really isn't a big process.  You could use your bar b que grill, or any heat source to anneal the blade.  Just do like they said, and use a file and put a groove across the blade, and snap it.  Then go about annealing, and shaping, and putting on the beveling, and then harden it, and then final sharpening.  Not a lot of intense labor, or rocket science to it.  Trust me, if I can do it, you can! ;)  So go for it.  At worse, it will be a learning process, at least , a couple of nice trade points.  But at least try it.  It really isn't a big deal. ;)

                                                                                       Wayne

hillbilly61:
I might try that after church tomarrow. Being a plumber I have mapp gas and acetylene. Will old motor oil work? I have a little of that too.

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