Blade sharpener

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Looks neat. If the sharpener works well, It would pay for itself pretty quickly. I'd also like to be able to change the top bevel on some of my blades - does it have an adjustment for that?

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Good idea and looks like good price.. My dad always sharpened his skil saw blades himself.. he rigged a jig of some sort and did them by hand with a file... probably took him forever to get around some of the plywood blads with 80 or 120 teeth.

It will always be my regret that I didn't go through his shop after he died and pick up a lot of his tools and jigs... at the time I wasn't into wood working and thought that since some of the tools were already 20-40 years old, probably worn out.. as his only son, I had first choice and somebody should slap me today for not doing it.
 
I don't know anything about it. I wounder how close it is to what the shops use to sharpen blades. We have a chain saw chain sharpener at work and it works like a charm. I have been sharpening chains with a file and no guides for 7 years and that thing is the bomb.
I wounder if it would be the same way with this tool. Or even one similar to it.

Chuck, thats a shame. Bet you are kicking yourself in the ass for that now.
 
I need one of these mainly for my rip blades that get used all the time. Looks like a nice little set up, and a good price. You always have to go look at the stuff from HF it could be a great machine or junk(the nature of the beast). If anyone tries one let us know what you think. Thanks, Victor
 
Originally posted by LandfillLumber
<br />If anyone tries one let us know what you think. Thanks, Victor
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I agree. I have no HF with in 100 miles of me. I'm headed to Vegas Sat. If I can get by HF up there, I'll take a look and report back.
 
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<br />I don't know anything about it. I wounder how close it is to what the shops use to sharpen blades.
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I sincerely doubt very close. The shop that I send my blade to just recently bought a new sharpener. It is CNC and cost the owner over $50,000! I doubt a $59 job from HF will even come close!

That said, it might work great for ripping blades where you are not worried about the cut quality too much but I don't think I would want to use it on my 12" Everlast trim blades. Who knows, I might be surprised!
 
On a woodworking forum that likes good bargains as well as quality products, that got a very mixed reaction. One comment is that you wouldn't want to sharpen your WWII (Forrest) on it for sure. Another fellow bought it and here are his quotes:

"Apparently sharpening blades requires expert knowledge in splitting atoms because I'm incapable of getting a decent finish with this thing.

Now, the guy at the store said I could bring it back if it didn't meet my expectations. Problem is, that little motor and wheel look like they'd have a million other applications. There has got to be something worthwhile I could build with the parts from this abomination.

FWIW, the main problem is the diamond wheel. Too rough a finish. The next problem is, putting a finer wheel on would probably require too much work to remove enough carbide to get a blade sharpened."

He is a very reliable fellow and I personally take his word for it.
 
I would have to see it and know how the adjustments are. By the photo it looks like the blade remains flat to the table. You cannot sharpen a blade that way, it needs to be able to tilt to match the angle on the face of the saw tooth (oops I guess the motor tilts ???). Getting each tooth ground evenly is also very important in circular saw blades, depending on how well the stops etc. work on this will determine how well it does that. One hint, most carbide tipped blades do not need to be sharpened as much as they simply need to be cleaned. try that the next time your blade seems dull and see what happens.
 
Steve, thanks for pointing this out. My table saw blade is in desperate need of sharpening and I didn't want to take it to my sharpening guy because he talks so much you can't ever leave. I have a Harbor Freight about 6 blocks from my house and I will go over there today.
 
I went over to HF this morning and bought one. The instructions are worthless. It took a friend and myself about an hour and a half to get it set up and sharpen one blade. I think the result were satisfactory.

When you push the blade up against the stop for each tooth you have to use the same amount of pressure each time, as it is not a very tough mechanism. For a blade that has even spacing between each tooth it works OK.

I have a blade the has a larger gap between each 5th tooth. The only way I can see to get around that problem is to sharpen all the the groups of 4 teeth. Then readjust the stop and sharpen the fifth tooth all the way around.

I think the deal with this is that you get what you pay for.

I'm going to have another friend take a look at it and get his input before I decide whether to keep it or not.

After I get a chance to work with it a little more and will put a review in another thread.
 
I send out blades for sharpening twice a week to a "proper" shop.Part of my responsibilities for keeping a large furniture manufacturer going. With the value of carbide and diamond blades we just can't take a chance of not doing it right (sharpening). In the name of cost savings we would've done the sharpening ourselves if it was an easy straightforward task. Don't estimate the "skill" level required to sharpening so that your blades maximize their life span and cut as sharp as they were designed to. JMO

-Peter-[:)]
 
I've always bought good blades and throw them away when they are dull. This might be a good thing for me. I won't bring a blade out to be sharpened. I wouldn't use this for commercial sharpening, but it looks okay for a home shop, not for a professional furniture manufactuer.
 
Well for a home wood worker who doesn't need to have his blades sharpened twice a week, this could be a neat deal. Works on all size blades too. Sometimes you don't notice how dull a blade is getting until you do put a new edge on it. It happens so gradually you don't notice it.
 
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