Many of us who haven't yet sprung for a carbide spiral cutter head so we have to deal with the stack of disposable planer blades that are building up on our benches.  Here's my question to you, "What do you folks do with these semi sharp weapons of mass destruction?"  I must have 10  or 12 sets of these just laying around.  Maybe I need to have my wife post on Pinterest for ideas.

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Ron Dudelston
Site Administrator

Above and Beyond WoodWorks

Ron, you could build some shaves and use them for the blade perhaps?

After I typed that first sentence, I googled planer knives and saw how they are configured, it may be hard to convert them to a shave blade after all, they have all those holes in them and what not.

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

You make scrapers out of them. Make a wooden handle and cut the blade to say 4" wide for general scraping, and you could cut them up in custom sizes for scraping moldings etc.

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker

Marking knives! Perfect for left and right ones. You could be fancy and put handles on them but duct tape works. 

Why not make a pair (L&R) fancy handled marking knives and submit them to some wood mags. Might win a drill or something.

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Gene
'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

I may just have to start saving mine.  I usually put them in a special metal container and recycle them.  Great ideas, guys

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Fred
aka Pop's Shop
www.pops-shop.com
'Soooooo many patterns - sooooo little time'
Scroll Saw Forum Host
'Stop complaining about the storm and learn to dance in the rain.'

Ever hear of "Scratch Stock"      Make a wooden holder, with a slot to hold  a cutter made from those planer blades.    Grind the profiles you want/need ( there is a difference?) clamp the cutter up, and make a bead or other detail items.  

About like a poor man's Stanley #45....

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