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    Hi Michael,

    I didn't realise that you called it a resistance welder ! Because the machine that he used had a pair of cables that went down to a transformer sat on the floor. He used a foot switch to operate it.

    I didn't see anything that I would call complex about it. Two cams clamping the blade to a pair of copper blocks and another cam pressing them together, all on a 8 X 6 piece of Tufnol or Paxolin board.

    I would have thought that it would be very easy to copy.


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    Just three cams, two clamping the blade and one pressing the ends together. The brown is the Paxolin insulator and the blue is the support. The two power cables from the transformer are shown by the orange dots in the copper blocks. Only one side actually moved to force the blade ends together. The gap between the copper blocks was about 1/2" to 3/4" of an inch.

    The grinding jig, if you can call it that was just a curved steel section of a circle, probably of about two foot diameter and about the same length, about 50 mm wide, 1/8" flat bar. After welding and annealing, he just put the blade over it and held it down with his foot, ground it, flipped it over and did the other side.

    If I ever break a blade I would be very tempted to build a device like this, and I've got an old welding transformer to do it with !

    Oh I can feel another project coming on......
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    Best Regards:
    Baron J.

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    The ancient Thiel bandsaw I picked up a while back has a separate blade welder mounted to the side. No grinder though.
    As Baron says, it looks pretty simple. It's all contained on and in a metal box maybe 200x125x125 from memory.
    It's currently sitting in the back of the workshop at work until I sort out space/time for it at home.
    Happy to look more closely at it and grab some photos etc if you are interested in it's construction.

    Steve

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    Found this simple looking device for grinding the weldment. For someone as skilled as you, it's a easy peazy job.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8PcY7Fz7qk
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    Quote Originally Posted by KBs PensNmore View Post
    Found this simple looking device for grinding the weldment.
    I haven't seen that but yes, that was the plan - something like the device featured (see option 2...)
    I would hope that anything I made would have a smoother feed action than that though.

    Those resistance welders are not all that complex, but I can do the welding bit. For me, the pain is the grinding. Even if I made up a resistance welder, I'd still have to grind it.

    Michael

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    If you were to use a couple of the runners that you sold off, they would give you a smooth action, or make up a system like BJ did for his Tool and Cutter grinder using bearings, (all the same size though). Sorry BJ couldn't resist that one.
    Kryn
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    Quote Originally Posted by OxxAndBert View Post
    The ancient Thiel bandsaw I picked up a while back has a separate blade welder mounted to the side. No grinder though.
    As Baron says, it looks pretty simple. It's all contained on and in a metal box maybe 200x125x125 from memory.
    It's currently sitting in the back of the workshop at work until I sort out space/time for it at home.
    Happy to look more closely at it and grab some photos etc if you are interested in it's construction.

    Steve
    Hi Steve,

    That would be nice ! The guy that made my bandsaw blade warned me not to take any pictures when I got my phone out. Which considering where he is and some of the very nice gear he has in there doesn't surprise me.
    Best Regards:
    Baron J.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KBs PensNmore View Post
    Found this simple looking device for grinding the weldment. For someone as skilled as you, it's a easy peazy job.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8PcY7Fz7qk
    Kryn
    Hi Kryn,

    Is it me or is that grindstone running the wrong way ?
    Best Regards:
    Baron J.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BaronJ View Post
    Hi Kryn,

    Is it me or is that grindstone running the wrong way ?
    That's kinda the idea I had for Michael, but use the similar clamping setup to sit it on your mag chuck and use the surface grinder. you could even use the same clamp setup to hold them in place when welding. Then transfer to the surface grinder.

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    Found this on Google, a bandsaw blade welder in PDF format.
    file:///C:/Users/Kryn%20Buitendyk/Do...e%20Welder.pdf

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    Quote Originally Posted by KBs PensNmore View Post
    Found this on Google, a bandsaw blade welder in PDF format.
    file:///C:/Users/Kryn%20Buitendyk/Downloads/Bandsaw%20Blade%20Welder.pdf
    I'd be interested to see that (link does not work), but as I've already said,

    Quote Originally Posted by Michael G View Post
    ... I can do the welding bit. For me, the pain is the grinding. Even if I made up a resistance welder, I'd still have to grind it.
    It's the grinding that is the issue I want to solve

    Michael

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    That link doesn't work because he linked it to a file on his computer.

    Here are some instructions for a bandsaw blade welder, not sure if it is similar to Kryns or not.

    http://pdfstream.manualsonline.com/b...1378d5a62f.pdf

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    Hi Michael,

    Grinding Stand.png
    This is the sort of thing he used to grind the flash off the weld. Its about four feet tall and the part circle is about two feet across.

    It was just a long piece of angle Iron screwed to a wooden bench leg with the flat bit supporting the ends of the round bit level with the bench top.
    Best Regards:
    Baron J.

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    I MIG mine back together then use a cutoff wheel to gently dress the weld. It is easier with a cutoff wheel to avoid undercutting the band than it is with a grinding wheel. Technically not meant to axially load a cut off wheel but if your gentle...

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