Wire around the blade

[barb.j.enders]

Does anyone reuse the wires from around the blades for anything?  Or do you just throw them out?  Was a late night thought!!!

[Rolf]

Barbara I have had a need for some fine wire on occasion, I can't remember what I used it on. But I know where to find it. 

I also have a very big spool of fine magnet wire that I rescued when I retired. We used to have a spool winding machine for making custom inductors and coils in the old analog electronics days.

[TAIrving]

1 hour ago, barb.j.enders said:

Does anyone reuse the wires from around the blades for anything?  Or do you just throw them out?  Was a late night thought!!!

Watching.  I have often pondered the same question.  

[preprius]

I almost put them on violin cutting.

Any string instrument.

Also they would be good for hot wire styfoam cutter.  A 9v batterry as a power source.

 

[Jim Blume]

28 minutes ago, Algae said:

Watching.  I have often pondered the same question.  

Thanks Barb. Now I'll be thinking about that all day. LOL
 

[OCtoolguy]

Can you all tell that we were born prior to the "throw-away mentality" came about? I can't stand to throw anything away. My Dad had a ball of string made up of pieces too small to save. Same with tin foil. Lol.

Edited January 22, 2022 by OCtoolguy

[Foxfold]

Yes, I save mine. Always handy when you have something to fix   I added some to a pair of broken earrings last week.  !!

[NC Scroller]

When my mother-in-law passed, we had to get construction dumpster to clean her house out   We filled it and I mean filled it with empty carboard boxes, cookie tins, aluminum pie tins, balls of string and rubber bands, used gift wrapping, used gift boxes, used plastic tubs/containers (margarine, yogurt, takeout food), etc.   Bottomline I toss the wire.

[Denny Knappen]

I guess I throw away mine also.

[kmmcrafts]

Save them and when you get famous for one of your scroll sawn art pieces the value of that wire might be outstandingly crazy.. don't forget to save the blades from that famous piece you made too.. they'll also be worth a lot. 

[timelett]

My sister in law saves my brothers elastic from old underwear, good for tying things up I guess. 

[Wichman]

4 hours ago, NC Scroller said:

When my mother-in-law passed, we had to get construction dumpster to clean her house out   We filled it and I mean filled it with empty carboard boxes, cookie tins, aluminum pie tins, balls of string and rubber bands, used gift wrapping, used gift boxes, used plastic tubs/containers (margarine, yogurt, takeout food), etc.   Bottomline I toss the wire.

They just finished cleaning out the house next door (the neighbor passed away last year in a car accident), 5 construction dumpster loads plus a couple of trailer loads.

I throw mine away.

[jbrowning]

Mine normally falls to the ground and then I can't find it....so I guess I throw mine away also LOL.

Jim

[OCtoolguy]

This whole thread reminds me of a joke I just posted on FB. I don't dare post it here but it was hilarious.

 

[Dak0ta52]

Save it! Roll it up into a ball. When you open a new pack of blades, connect the ends and continue to roll it into a ball. Just think, one day people will come from miles away just to see the world's largest scroll saw blade wire ball. Better hurry. My ball is up to a half inch! 

[wombatie]

I have 2 small sharps containers next to my saw, one is for used and broken blades and the other is for the wire off the blades.  When I have a container full of old blades I wrap them in the wire and when we have some old metal to dispose of we take it down to the metal dump and I get rid of them there.  Plus my husband has used some of the wire for whatever reason.  Reuse and or recycle.

Marg

[NC Scroller]

9 hours ago, wombatie said:

I have 2 small sharps containers next to my saw, one is for used and broken blades and the other is for the wire off the blades.  When I have a container full of old blades I wrap them in the wire and when we have some old metal to dispose of we take it down to the metal dump and I get rid of them there.  Plus my husband has used some of the wire for whatever reason.  Reuse and or recycle.

Marg

There is a salvage yard about 10 miles down the road.  The last time I passed by they were paying $8.50USD per 100 pounds of misc scrap.  I think that is about 20 lifetimes of scroll saw blades.

[Dan]

I watched a rifle maker (is there a term for that?) do some inlay on the stock. He used various types of fine wire to embellish the wood. I guess one could incorporate it in some work.

Oh, I toss mine too. No hording in our house, except for wood and sawdust.

[WayneMahler]

I was rolling mine in a ball. After many times picking it up after finding it on the floor. I gave a toss to the trash can didn't roll out of that.

[flarud]

I keep my blades in a tube,, I also keep them partially wrapped in the wire.  When I need to change to a different blade I put the previous blade back in the tube separate from the wrapped blades.  This way I know that the single blade is used.  Sometimes a used blade is what is needed.  

[Angelo]

Hi,

 I use them to “floss” the saw dust in the tight spots.

 

[wombatie]

14 hours ago, NC Scroller said:

There is a salvage yard about 10 miles down the road.  The last time I passed by they were paying $8.50USD per 100 pounds of misc scrap.  I think that is about 20 lifetimes of scroll saw blades.

Our scrap metal yard is a free to dump site, no cash exchanged.

Marg

[OCtoolguy]

This is a weird topic.

[Fab4]

4 hours ago, OCtoolguy said:

This is a weird topic.

Hi Ray:
You must like weird things, you posted 3 times on this one.............LOL
Fab4

[Bill WIlson]

I have saved the wire.  I don't save all of it, but I usually have a few pieces laying about.  It occasionally has some craft applications.  For example, one year I made some snowman decorations to give as Christmas gifts.  One a couple of them, I fashioned a corn broom for the snow man to hold (the others held a snow shovel).  I made the broom out of some short strands, cut from a full size corn broom, then attached to a dowel.  I wrapped the strands with the fine wire to hold it in place and give it an authentic look.  Ever since then, I have tried to save some of the wire, in case I find another use for it.  Doesn't happen often, but occasionally it comes in very handy.