[TheForge] followup on holes in saw blade

[gladish at cablerocket.com]

Pete- I was concerned about distorting the material, and it's so thin that
I wasn't sure I could get it to the anvil block and get aligned before it
cooled too much- that said, I think I'll try one today!

> Andy, if you are going to cook them, why not hot punch them?
>
> Andy Gladish wrote:
>> A couple weeks ago I was having trouble drilling holes in some knife
>> blanks
>> made from surplus metal-cutting bandsaw blades.
>> What I ended up doing was heating to critical in the gas forge, then
>> blocking the door, turning it off, and letting it cool slowly.
>> Now I can drill them, though I wish the drill didn't chatter and squeal
>> so
>> much...
>> Thanks for the help, everybody!
>> Andy G.
>>
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