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Speaking of "Biting the Dust"

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What is happening to Forrest Blades.

I find Forrest blades offered at all of the usual outlets but I can no longer reach them at forrestblades.com.

If they are now incommunicado I will have to look for someplace else to get my blades sharpened. I don't want to do that.
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Maybe they are having internet problems?:eek:
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beeg wrote:Maybe they are having internet problems?:eek:
I hope you are right. It would be a real shame to loose them as a supplier. I have never had a Forrest blade but they sure did a good job of sharpening the old ones.

I've never purchased a Shopsmith saw blade from anyone but Shopsmith (and I think those were Freud blades) but the carbides that I got from Shopsmith have all been sharpened at least twice.
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I get a message that the server at forrestblades.com can't be found.
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I'm still using my Harbor Freight saw blade sharpener. Have used it on all of my Shopsmith blades with very good results. Probably not as good as Forrest sharpening service, but a lot less expensive. The blades come out at least as good as they were when new.

Now being sold for $49
http://www.harborfreight.com/120-volt-c ... 96687.html
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dusty wrote:What is happening to Forrest Blades.

I find Forrest blades offered at all of the usual outlets but I can no longer reach them at forrestblades.com.

If they are now incommunicado I will have to look for someplace else to get my blades sharpened. I don't want to do that.
Their website seems to be working fine. I suspect random internet issue, or perhaps they were upgrading their site.
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damagi wrote:Their website seems to be working fine. I suspect random internet issue, or perhaps they were upgrading their site.
Strange stuff tonight!:eek: Firefox does not like the site.
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charlese wrote:I'm still using my Harbor Freight saw blade sharpener. Have used it on all of my Shopsmith blades with very good results. Probably not as good as Forrest sharpening service, but a lot less expensive. The blades come out at least as good as they were when new.

Now being sold for $49
http://www.harborfreight.com/120-volt-c ... 96687.html
Charlese, just curious, do you have to do anything special to fit the Shopsmith blades since the description says that the sharpener will only fit up to 1" arbors.
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http://www.forrestblades.com
Is working for me now
Bruce

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Three days later I owned one...
One week later I was rebuilding one...
Four months later I owned two....
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lightnin wrote:http://www.forrestblades.com
Is working for me now
Me Too! They must have been rebuilding it.(or something)
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