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slinger87 Funditor Offline I bet I can throw a rock farther then you can! Posts: 731 MI Gender:	makeing a knife from a chainsaw bar Nov 29^th, 2009 at 9:04am Is a chainsaw bar good steel? If it is is it tempered? and if not, whats the best way to temper it? I ask because my dad has an old one and it seems like I could make a good knife out of it, and if it works, I could probobly get more for free.
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BEERDRINKER Junior Member Offline I came, I saw, I slung. Posts: 63 Denmark Gender:	Re: makeing a knife from a chainsaw bar Reply #1 - Nov 29^th, 2009 at 1:47pm 8 incec bolts should be good
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bigkahuna past-moderator Offline Posts: 3894 Delaware, USA Gender:	Re: makeing a knife from a chainsaw bar Reply #2 - Nov 30^th, 2009 at 4:15am I have heard that they make very nice blades, depending on your skill of course.
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ilovepancakes Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Virginia Slings- "You've slung a long way, baby! Posts: 1237 Virginia Gender:	Re: makeing a knife from a chainsaw bar Reply #3 - Nov 30^th, 2009 at 10:22am I remember hearing that they are a good material. Just don't remember the context or who claimed it.
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xxkid123 Past Moderator Offline Hallo, ich heiße kartoffel Posts: 4807 new to california Gender:	Re: makeing a knife from a chainsaw bar Reply #4 - Nov 30^th, 2009 at 4:27pm i hear those saw things with the big spinning serrated blades are good for them...buzz saws i think.
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Re: makeing a knife from a chainsaw bar
Reply #5 - Nov 30^th, 2009 at 9:49pm

Circular saws are excellent for blades. I made one that served me well for years. It's already tempered. What you have to do is trace out your design and cut the shape out. if you use a torch to cut it out, you destroy the tempering, and it has to be redone. If you have a machine shop near you they could probably do it for you. It can be done with a hacksaw, but it's work!

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kuggur slingdog Ex Member	Re: makeing a knife from a chainsaw bar Reply #6 - Dec 1^st, 2009 at 6:20pm Sawing tempered steel with a hacksaw....to much work for my taste... actually wonder if it could be done.
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slingbadger Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Don't Badger a Badger Posts: 3237 Akron NY Gender:	Re: makeing a knife from a chainsaw bar Reply #7 - Dec 1^st, 2009 at 8:34pm Yes it can. I did it. It's also when I decided to try other ways to make the blades.
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Re: makeing a knife from a chainsaw bar
Reply #8 - Dec 2^nd, 2009 at 7:30am

Yep, chainsaw bars make excellent swords. Cheesy

A friend of mine has a gladius made from one.
The guy who made it used a grinding wheel i think. I dont think it messed with the tempering (Though it still would have gotten pretty hot) as its really a very good sword. You can chop wood with it and it wont need sharpening.

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Reply #9 - Dec 2^nd, 2009 at 11:08am

though I've never tried it, everything I've read indicates that it's very difficult to cut a blade out of steel stock without loosing the temper. Probably the best tool is an angle grinder with a proper cutoff wheel. (not the grinding wheel, but the thin, reinforced cutter)

It's still going to get hot, and likely will need to be re-tempered.

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slinger87 Funditor Offline I bet I can throw a rock farther then you can! Posts: 731 MI Gender:	Re: makeing a knife from a chainsaw bar Reply #10 - Dec 2^nd, 2009 at 6:48pm I have a grinding weel, and we have an angle grinder but someones borrowing it, so as soon as I get it back...
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Galvanicfish Senior Member Offline Just not right. Posts: 291 Central Ohio Gender:	Re: makeing a knife from a chainsaw bar Reply #11 - Dec 8^th, 2009 at 4:19pm How would you go about re-tempering a blade that was made that way?
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slinger87 Funditor Offline I bet I can throw a rock farther then you can! Posts: 731 MI Gender:	Re: makeing a knife from a chainsaw bar Reply #12 - Dec 8^th, 2009 at 4:51pm you would have to heat it up in something, and drop it in water, chary red right?
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Re: makeing a knife from a chainsaw bar
Reply #13 - Dec 8^th, 2009 at 8:40pm

slinger87 wrote on Dec 8^th, 2009 at 4:51pm:

you would have to heat it up in something, and drop it in water, chary red right?

I'd assume that it is high carbon stainless steel for strength and rust resistance. If it is then go for blue, dunk it in oil, and clean the oil off. Then do red and dunk it in oil again. Different steels need to be treated differently for the best performance.

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Massi - WTF? It's called a sling. You use it to throw rocks farther and faster than you could otherwise. That's all.
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Et Cetera Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks Into Windows! Posts: 1550 Gender:	Re: makeing a knife from a chainsaw bar Reply #14 - Dec 9^th, 2009 at 7:57am Were might one find an old chainsaw bar?
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