glenn k
15th August 2004, 05:17 PM
I was just wondering if other people sharpen their own tungsten tipped blades. Many years ago I bought a Lucus Mill they supplied an Italian 12v chainsaw sharpener with a 100mm diameter diamond sharpening disk. They put this on a bracket to sharpen blades on the mill (a very cleaver idea) it’s easier to sharpen a blade than to change it.
Well I bought a 60 tooth blade to go on a demo saw (I know they spin TOO fast but it works fine) for cutting tree roots. This dulled the blade very quickly I sharpened it with a diamond hand stone. It worked but was too much work. So I decided to make a sharpening gig based on the Lucus set up. Well I turned the blade holder to take all size blades I had, then a few months latter welded up the gig.
In minutes I can sharpen any blade I have, the ones with lots of teeth do take a little longer.
Recently I bought teeth from Lucus and was pleasently surprised how easy it was to change teeth. A blade costs only ~$9 to retooth rather than ~$60 to send away. It takes minutes instead of days aswell.
Well I bought a 60 tooth blade to go on a demo saw (I know they spin TOO fast but it works fine) for cutting tree roots. This dulled the blade very quickly I sharpened it with a diamond hand stone. It worked but was too much work. So I decided to make a sharpening gig based on the Lucus set up. Well I turned the blade holder to take all size blades I had, then a few months latter welded up the gig.
In minutes I can sharpen any blade I have, the ones with lots of teeth do take a little longer.
Recently I bought teeth from Lucus and was pleasently surprised how easy it was to change teeth. A blade costs only ~$9 to retooth rather than ~$60 to send away. It takes minutes instead of days aswell.