Wood Stick to Wood Blade

[$m0k3 0]

Curious if you can cut a wood stick down to blade size, then sand it to fit into a standard shaft?

Is the wood blade of a wood stick structurally made the same as a wood replacement blade?

[cptjeff 0]

I've heard of it being done successfully. I've debated trying it, but never really was motivated enough. You could even do a tapered one if you wanted I'm sure, it would just take some effort.

And the blade itself is formed in the same way, if that's what you're asking. Not that it would actually matter.

[Brian Harte 1]

With some time and effort it would work.

I'm not sure it would be WORTH it though.

[yrhmblnr8r 69]

I tried this a little while ago with my sliding compound miter saw. I set the guide so the saw blade couldn't gouge out more than a 16th of an inch then slowly moved the blade down while working the saw back and forth. It made for a nice even shave, but I still finished it off with a rasp and some sand paper to smooth it out.

It may take a couple attempts to get the hang of it, but it can be a cheap way to try out some different curves or help out a friend. The last time I did this, it was a youth blade and shaft for my buddie's kid.

Brian_Harte makes a good point, though. I want to do it just to see if it could be done when I was bored on a Saturday. Decide if it's worth your time when a lot of LHS have a box of woodies on clearance for $10 a piece.

[ktang 34]

I have seen it done so that the guy could get a Sher-Wood Coffey blade from a broken 5030 into an Ultra-Lite shaft. It lasted for quite a while.

[Leafsrule16 5]

I know a guy who broke a sickkick mid shaft, bought a ccm heat with the abs blade cut ithe bottom quarter off, sanded it down and jammed it in what was left of the sickkick shaft. Its about 1/4th ccm heat and 3/4th sickkick. I'm assuming if the stick wasnt wrapped in fiberglass around the place where the shaft meets the blade, it could be done easily. Cost a lot more then just buying a wood blade however, i dont know why you would want to do that.

[$m0k3 0]

Because i have got a few unique curves i want to try out and also see how they would respond in a composite shaft.

Thanks guys, i will probably give it a try and give it a whirl this weekend.

[Chadd 916]

By the time you shave the blade down to fit there will be no reinforcement to the wood. Most replacement blades have fiberglass or other reinforcing materials to prevent breakage. One or two slapshots and the blade will be toast.

[$m0k3 0]

By the time you shave the blade down to fit there will be no reinforcement to the wood. Most replacement blades have fiberglass or other reinforcing materials to prevent breakage. One or two slapshots and the blade will be toast.

Fiberglass on the hostel that inserts into the shaft?

[Neo5370 132]

I did this to two bauer 3030's when I was a kid because I guess I had nothing better to do, by hand, no power tools. It took a looong time and chadd's right, I broke both blades at about 2 slap-shots each. Can it be done? Yes. Was it worth it? Nooooooooo.......

[ktang 34]

By the time you shave the blade down to fit there will be no reinforcement to the wood. Most replacement blades have fiberglass or other reinforcing materials to prevent breakage. One or two slapshots and the blade will be toast.

Fiberglass on the hostel that inserts into the shaft?

You could shave the backhand side, so that there is fibreglass on the forehand side at least.