For You Lot Antique Bird Blades For Mini Smoother

I lately bought 135 cast steel bird blades from G&M Tools at Ashington. That volition driblet dead along me inward blades for my mini smoothers for a while!
They are well-nigh 100 years former only were all unused, an extreme example of novel former stock.

All were stamped Isaac Greaves as well as they are i 1/4" wide.

Most had a adept constituent of surface rust.

My belt linisher made curt move of removing the rust too equally flattening the back. This needs swell attention equally it is as well as thus tardily to circular the border of the dorsum which would be disastrous. It helps that the blade is long at this stage.

Here's my former cast Fe linisher, they don't brand them similar they used to!

The difficult cast steel was laminated to softer unhardened steel which is handy equally the unwanted upper business office of the blade tin live easily cutting off amongst a hack saw.

The move past times is than rounded on the disc sander as well as all the edges softened. The whole procedure from rusty blade to the film higher upwards takes well-nigh iv minutes as well as thus overall they move out much cheaper than having them especially made. It is swell to lastly lay these superb blades to adept role 100 years subsequently they were made.

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