Good luck, let me know what you find. I have a cheaper model, the Ben Franklin which is not a ball bearing glider model but uses the same blades. At the moment my blade is still nice and sharp, the saw had been outfitted with a new blade before being stored these past 30 years, but I’d appreciate if you let me know where you eventually resolved your quest.
I have some very old blades and I’m taking them to a blade sharpener to see if they can be rescued. I called a few places and they are about $12.00 a blade to re-sharpen.
If they can’t then I’ll try these links you submitted.
I’ll post what I find out.
Thanks again for the links, very helpful,
Casey
iLP
Can you post a picture of the blade next to a ruler? I have some blades that might fit your saw. They are NOS, from a print shop that shut down 25 years ago.
Casey,
try this FORUM link, you might luck out.
http://machinejunkie.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=5
and more specifically, this stream:
http://machinejunkie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=75&sid=e6a954354f3c44118d...
and this distributor of Forrest blades (appears that sending an accurate scan of your old blade helps):
http://www.forrestsawbladesonline.com/index.html?gclid=CKOQ-9v73Y8CFRsTa...
Good luck, let me know what you find. I have a cheaper model, the Ben Franklin which is not a ball bearing glider model but uses the same blades. At the moment my blade is still nice and sharp, the saw had been outfitted with a new blade before being stored these past 30 years, but I’d appreciate if you let me know where you eventually resolved your quest.
Regards,
R Madillo
Madillo,
Thanks for the links!!!
I have some very old blades and I’m taking them to a blade sharpener to see if they can be rescued. I called a few places and they are about $12.00 a blade to re-sharpen.
If they can’t then I’ll try these links you submitted.
I’ll post what I find out.
Thanks again for the links, very helpful,
Casey
iLP
Can you post a picture of the blade next to a ruler? I have some blades that might fit your saw. They are NOS, from a print shop that shut down 25 years ago.
Hi, there must be a saw out there that would work for lead instead of a Hammond Glider saw or a Ben Franklin. Do you have any ideas? Thanks, Gene
NA Graphics sells carbide blades for the Hammond Glider.