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  1. #1
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    Default Are my saw blades worth sharpening?

    I have some "AKE" branded 250mm circular saw blades.

    Blade 1 - spiked toothed 80 teeth
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    Blade 2 - alternates flat tooth and then rounded tooth. 80 teeth
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    Blade 3: 24 tooth ripping blade
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    Lastly, if anyone know which of the #1 or #2 is the good cross cutting blade for hardwood timbers that would be great

    edit: also suggestions on sharpening places in SE Melb

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    I think so. Every saw operates better when clean and sharp.

    I use CMT to clean them when they get build up. Soak them for a bit, scrub them with the brass toothbrush and pour the juice back into the bottle. Its lasted years.

    The local sharpening guy (Fitches in Fyshwick) could make your grandmothers tablespoons cut silk... so it's definitely worth it. If they are carbide, definitely so.

    For mine, Ive 3 Freud's which I have him keep the exact geometries on, but there are two he custom ground for me. First was an el-cheapo generic that he flat-topped. It makes a very nice square 5mm edge for cutting box joints on boxes and the other is a normal blade he made ultra thin so I can cut the lids off on the TS loosing minimal material (1.6mm!!).

    When I took them in I discussed it with him and he looked at me semi-bored (yep, yep, yep, no prob. Done it 1000 times, etc) and they are fabulous. He just punched some numbers into his whizz-bang machine and it did it all for him.

    The Freuds cut like lasers.

    For $25 a touch-up its worth every cent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by qwertyu View Post

    Lastly, if anyone know which of the #1 or #2 is the good cross cutting blade for hardwood timbers that would be great
    For cutting hardwood #1 is the correct choice with #2 the blade for melamine coated chipboard or aluminium.

    All 3 look like they could do with a good clean and possibly a sharpen.

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    I used to get mine sharpened by SA WALKER in Pakenham .

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    Quote Originally Posted by woodPixel View Post
    I think so. Every saw operates better when clean and sharp.

    I use CMT to clean them when they get build up. Soak them for a bit, scrub them with the brass toothbrush and pour the juice back into the bottle. Its lasted years.


    For $25 a touch-up its worth every cent.
    Thanks for the tip. I use CMT cleaner but have never thought about the rebottle trick

    Rob

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    We use Ace Saw Service in Braeside. Definitely worth doing, AKE make good tooling.

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    Blade 2 is a 'triple cut'. Nothing wrong with it for crosscutting.
    Oven cleaner will clean them up, too. Spray on, leave a few minutes, wash off.
    Apologies for unnoticed autocomplete errors.

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    Sorry, triple chip is terrible for timber; you get fuzzy edges and a poorer surface finish than alternate top

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    Quote Originally Posted by elanjacobs View Post
    Sorry, triple chip is terrible for timber; you get fuzzy edges and a poorer surface finish than alternate top
    Terrible for crosscuts, but can be fabulous for rips. A lot less teeth than is being discussed though.

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    Called a shop in braeside today, about $21 for the ripping blade, $39 for alternate tooth, and $42 for the triple chip. Are these prices reasonable?

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    Sounds right to me. I don't know exactly what we pay off the top of my head, but it's in the ballpark

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    Id be getting another price,

    I'm sure i paid around $20-25 each for getting my festool kapex and plunge blades sharpened.

    But this was Brisbane.

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    Just had one dropped off today; $42.20 for 96T alternate top bevel.

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    Just an update - theres a few places in Dandenong that sharpen blades. Got a really good price and about a 1 day turn around.

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