Howdy...I've got a half-dozen 1/8th to 1/2 inch broken band saw blades for my itty bitty three wheel Grizzly G8976 62 inch bandsaw. The model has been removed from the current Grizzly list. I break the blades with great regularity.. I mostly saw soft pine and rarely use the machine. However, it is a savior for some jobs, like the odd dimensioned & angled TV cabinet shelf that I am working on now.
Due to the odd size of the blades, I wind up paying about ten bucks for each one, and they never last. Is there an inexpensive way to weld these things back together? I've kept the broken ones. Maybe welding five or six blades back together will help pay for the equipment. I've done a little web searching and most of the blade welder units are $150.00 or up.
I've seen small $89.00/$100.00 110 v plug-in welders at Harbor Freight. Will any of those units do the job, and maybe allow for some additional fun projects? Obviously, I am not interested in making a business of this, nor of doing anything on large size metal.
As you can already tell, I know NOTHING about welding. thanks, Rich