[TheForge] followup on holes in saw blade

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Perhaps heat a back up plate at the same time and punch 
right through it, then tap flat?

gladish at cablerocket.com wrote:
> 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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