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  1. 15th August 2004, 05:17 PM #1
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    Default Does anyone else sharpen saws themselves

    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.
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  3. 15th August 2004, 05:26 PM #2
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    I used to sharpen my saw blades when I was framing full-time and a lot more OBHW was used than is the case nowadays, but just had a silicon carbide stone (green one) on my bench grinder. It was rought and ready but good enough for my purposes.

    I am however very interested in a more accurate way of sharpening now that I'm more into woodwork than carpentry.

    Any chance of some pictures of your setup?

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    I can do that but it looks a bit rough, but I will have to wait untill my mill gets back maybe next week. I tried a bench grinder on my 60 tooth but the teeth were too close together.
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  5. 15th August 2004, 05:49 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by glenn k
    I can do that but it looks a bit rough, but I will have to wait untill my mill gets back maybe next week. I tried a bench grinder on my 60 tooth but the teeth were too close together.
    Hi glenn,

    I encountered the same problem (bench grinder) with a couple of blades. As far as the appearance of your jig goes, don't pretty it up on my account.

    How it works is what I'm interested in.

    Looking forward to some pics. when you're able.

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