What to do with this 5' saw blade?

[Gigem]

I keep looking at this thing on Craigslist and thinking there should be something cool to do with it. But I haven't come up with any good ideas yet. So I don't own it yet.

Thoughts?

https://austin.craigslist.org/tls/d/leander-huge-foot-saw-blade-very-old/7216222585.html

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[JohnKal]

Make a rather large clock to hang on your rather large wall ?

 

[mcdye]

round epoxy table

 

[XJSuperman]

Bolt it to your weedeater.
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Seriously, maybe make a table or cut it up and use the metal for projects? Its good material.

 

[ScottsGT]

Start a sawmill business making rough cut wood everyone wants now??

 

[SeisMec]

A buddy of mine - a carpenter - used one as a mailbox post for more than three years. Two short (less than 2' above ground) 6x6 posts - couple feet apart - slotted on top to hold the blade upright. The actual box sat on a 3-4 foot long 2x6 slotted on one end to look like it was being cut by the blade (a couple bolts held it to the blade).

This was in South Dakota on a lightly traveled, rural, 2 lane US highway. Eventually someone raised a stink - 12 feet just wasn't far enough away from the edge of the road. Be sure to check local regulations first if you're tempted to do similar.

Have also seen much, much smaller blades (10-12 inches) used in windmill driven animated yard art - a man feeding lumber into the spinning blade.

Other ideas

 

[4xdog]

It could make a good sign, for the right business. Laser or water-jet cutting could be an effective technique to add text.

Here's what one of the UK companies making oak-framed workshops had on their stand at the 2017 Goodwood Revival.

That company does this kind of thing:

 

[toolmiser]

You need to have someone paint a scenery picture on it.

 

[The Cobbler]

clock comes to mind. or a fixture base for hanging lights , mural painted on it ,

 

[Git]

I have no idea

 

[Voi]

There was a ~3' saw on my local Craigslist for years, maybe is still there. I thought about having our cabin address plasma cut into it and then either hang it on the cabin or strap it to a tree. It's in logging country so it would make sense.

Might have to re-visit that.

 

[sk farmer]

how about laid on a floor and epoxy poured over it. would be cool in an office or family room.

 

[Weissbier]

I saw a video where someone took a saw blade, cut out the shape of a hatchet, and slapped a handle on it. It made a cool hatchet. If you have the time and inclination.

 

[duneslider]

I would slap that bad boy on a big angle grinder and get to work...

 

[Air21]

What else is that guy selling?

 

[jives]

It is $475. . . that is a lot of cash for cool scrap.

 

[XJSuperman]

It is $475. . . that is a lot of cash for cool scrap.

Good point, I never even looked at the ad, that guy is #$%^*&$ nuts. "We're selling a lot of really nice things...". ********, doesn't take a magnifying glass to see the heavy rust pitting on that blade. Its not in usable condition as far as I can tell. And thats probably the only way it would fetch a price in the ballpark of $400+. Unless you suckered a Cracker Barrel into buying it and they didn't have a smarter decorator.


Leave it to rot in the pile of stuff he has it sitting in.

 

[seber]

WAY overpriced. If you could get it for what it is worth it would make good raw material for custom knives.

 

[Al Borland]