[TheForge] Lawnmower blade question

[Wesley Marquart]

Hi guys, figured I'd ask the collective mind.

 

This spring I've tapped into a local source for used lawnmower blades.  When
I asked if they ever had any they said "Oh we get a few.  Want us to save
them for you?"

 

I said "Please" and now I've gotten a whole bunch on my hands!  (And I'm due
to go by tomorrow to pick up a bunch more)

 

So the questions are these:

   [1]  any ideas on what these are made out of?  Obviously Steel, I'm just
wondering what sort. they seem to be pretty tough stuff.

   [2]  things I can make out of them?  So far I've come up with camp
knives, garden trowels, and brush knives for projects.  

 

Tomorrow after I get home from my 'source' I'm planning on putting together
a hiller/furrower for the Mantis tiller.  That's where I get the blades,
local rental place where I have that thing worked on..  This time it needed
a new clutch. easy to replace but that little part is expensive.

 

I wanted a Troy built, the wife wanted a Mantis. so that's what we got
[shrug].  Now I get to keep that little thing up and make attachments for
it.

 

So ideas, advice?

 

Wes