Thread: Chainsaw sharpeners - alternate uses ?

Hi Bill,

I couldn't find the sharpener you linked on the Aldi special buys list. However if it's the same one as I have and the same as mentioned in this thread:https://www.woodworkforums.com/f132/heads-aldi-220w-chainsaw-sharpener-101752

Then I feel I cannot recommend them. I have one and never used it for fear of butchering my chains. They are flimsy and do not seem to give a good positive end stop or adjustment. I have a manual file with an angle guide and I also have a 12V portable sharpener which I use. Every 5 sharpens or so I get them done at the local saw shop.

There is a lot of stuff from Aldi which is really good but unfortunately this is not one of them.

Simon

Thanks Simon,

Am not particularly interested in any one brand more the idea that with a few slight tweaks to the clamping mechanism they might be used to sharpen other things.

Was wondering if anybody had ever tried doing this.

And yes ................... its always best to use a tool to do what its designed for and nothing else.

However this thought has been niggling at the back of my head for ages. Hence the post.

Bill

Didnt someone set one up for sharpening scrapers?

Stuart

to answer my own question... Yes they did
https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...42#post1736242
https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...99#post1480499

Originally Posted by Stustoys

Didnt someone set one up for sharpening scrapers?

Stuart

to answer my own question... Yes they did
https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...42#post1736242
https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...99#post1480499

Thanks Stuart, I was going to post that later this afternoon... I would have already, but I couldn't find the links..

Ray

Originally Posted by steamingbill

Hey,

I've seen these things in various shops for a long time now $30ish upwards.

https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-b...w-sharpener-1/

I've been wondering has anybody ever used them to sharpen anything else ?

Are different wheels available ?

Bill

Bill, my wife bought me an Aldi one a few years back. Returned it the next day for a refund. I did not even care to try it out. It was so badly made and "flexi-plasticky-crappy" that I did not want to waste a chain on it. My expectations to how a sharp chain has to look are obviously way too high for such plastic tools. Nothing beats a file to sharpen chains. I just clamp the bar in the bench vise, click the chain brake, 4-5 strokes with the file on each tooth, release brake, advance chain by some 4 tooth, repeat over. Probably just as fast as any other means.

Using that Aldi contraption to sharpen anything else, does not sound like a good idea. There is nothing it can do, that could not be done better with an angle grinder. Some Aldi tools are good value, most are not. The chain sharpener is definitely not.

Hi Bill,
surprisingly, that little chainsaw sharpener is still going strong (as a carbide scraper sharpener) and has done a power of sharpening.

Phil

A mate of mine just finished modifying one to sharpen bandsaw blades. I've put my order in already, I get Mk1 he ges Mk2
Kryn

Originally Posted by Stustoys

Didnt someone set one up for sharpening scrapers?

Stuart

to answer my own question... Yes they did
https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...42#post1736242
https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...99#post1480499

Ha, my thread. I wondered why I recollected one being used to sharpen tooling. I have been meaning to grab myself one since RayG posted his. Another project on the list..

Hi Bill, I didn't give this sharpener a good wrap but I guess your thread was really about other uses. SO, I apologise for not addressing the actual question. In truth, I'm a big fan of modifying stuff to fit another (unintended) purpose. I had forgotten that people here had used them for other uses. So, from that POV why not!! Simon

What about a circular saw blade sharpener? I have seen a few knocked up in youtube.