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Necessity, the mother of invention!
My old man always said give the laziest man the hardest job and he'll find the easiest way to do.
well, i applied that to sharpening my BS blades and invented an on machine sharpener.
i bought off ePay, a cheap (40 bucks) chainsaw sharpener.
not bad for the money. It came with a pack of 4 extra grinding wheels and a spanner.
I pondered over it for a month, deciding how best to use it.
This is what I came up with:
i removed the ceramic guide blocks off the Laguna then made a mount to bolt onto the vacated guide block. I ran a sawcut through the hardwood mount i made to minimize twisting the blade during sharpening the bolted the modified sharpening machine mount onto the guide block.
a gnurled threaded spring loaded bolt acts as a stop so the blade gullets dont get touched by the grinding wheel. The circumference of the wheel is rounded too. Its then just a matter of turning the blade by hand and letting wheel swing in under the tooth and at the correct angle. 8° for the blades i have.
I'll post a video of the invention in action when daylight comes. Thought comments, criticism welcome.
cheers
sheddie