Re-purposing old jointer knives

[Lee Reep]

Here is the YouTube on making a parting tool with an edger blade. Cannot find my home-made parting tool, otherwise I'd post a picture! (Maybe I should check the knife drawer in the kitchen ...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Joo-cBzsjQ

[Bob Glenn]

I used mine to make a tapered tenon cutter to match my tapered reamer used for the legs on windsor chairs.

[Winton Applegate]

OK so Xnay on the throwing knives.
Here is a more serious suggestion.
I am not sure if it would work or if the jointer knives are too narrow. Could even put in a holder like the Varitas but just a block of wood.
http://forums.finewoodworking.com/fi...-card-scrapers

[Jim Koepke]

Looked in my scrap today and one of the planer blades is maybe 10" long and seems to have a little flex to it. Are planer blades made of other material besides HSS?

It has a mark on it that looks li ok o all inside of a large C followed by a 1

I was thinking of using it to make a pair of skew chisels or perhaps a fishtail.

jtk

[Jamie Schmitz]

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthre...t=#post2043204

[Metod Alif]

Winton,
Are you saying that you do not have any old jointer knives?
Best wishes,
Metod

[george wilson]

Jim,are you sure your 10" blade is not laminated with a thin HSS cutting edge? The original blades in my 15" Bridgewood thickness planer were laminated. Or,do you have a thin type of blade from a lunch box planer? The thin blades do have some flex to them,though I would not try bending them TOO much. Or,if you do,at lest bend them towards someone you do not like,such as the IRS agent at your door!!

[Winton Applegate]

Are you saying that you do not have any old jointer knives?

My list of random replies :
Why what ever do you mean ? I have LOTS of jointer knives. No jointer knives . . . huh . . . no jointer knives he says . . .
or
Of coarse I don't have any jointer knives, I thought I made that perfectly clear. I have to throw all o mine at the paparazzi to survive. It's a jungle out there.
or
Well I plan on getting some . . .
. . . just as soon as I get a jointer.
I been saving up but you know how it is. Buy a plane here a chisel there. Takes all of my money just to support this habit. I, I, I, I'm not an addict though. I, I, I'm not addicted. I could stop any time.
Just like that.