[TheForge] followup on holes in saw blade

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Jerry Frost wrote:
> Masonry bits are carbide not diamond. Of course if you do use diamond bits 
> be sure to keep it lubricated and cooled or just throw the money out and 
> save the headaches.
I meant diamond for sharpening the carbide, as per the 
earlier discussion/
> 
> I think I mentioned this early in the thread but I've had very good luck 
> annealing hard high C steel for drilling by chucking up a piece of round 
> steel rod about the same dia as I want to drill, then with it turning I 
> press it into the part where the hole's to go. Once the part turns red I 
> retract the rod, let it cool and drill.
Good idea..very localized!
> 
> It's fast and saves a LOT of forge fuel.
> 
> Frosty the Lucky.
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> It ain't real
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> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
> To: <Ron at munlaw.net>; "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" 
> <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 2:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] followup on holes in saw blade
> 
> 
>> Yeah...diamond abrasive helps and it works fair to middling.
>>
>> Ron Childers wrote:
>>> Has anyone tried regrinding a masonry bit to use on really hard meta?
>>>
> 
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