sharpening Carbide saw blades

curiousgeorge · Post by **curiousgeorge** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 4:56 pm

If you want to sharpen your own, check this out...

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... mber=96687

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 5:58 pm

curiousgeorge wrote:If you want to sharpen your own, check this out...

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... mber=96687

As the little guy on "Saturday Night Live" (about 30 or so yrs. ago) would say as he poked his head out of the bushes, while wearing a Nazi helmet - VERY INTERESTING!

reible · Post by **reible** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 6:17 pm

I really like the 10" 40 tooth blades for $4.99 just to the right there... You could stock up on a dozen of them and not have to buy the sharpener.... or get them both and be set for life.

Ed

etc92guy · Post by **etc92guy** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 7:52 pm

Um......Chuck.......That was Artie Shaw on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.....

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:20 pm

etc92guy wrote:Um......Chuck.......That was Artie Shaw on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.....

You are rigt on! - - Go's to show you how old minds get screwed up! Nice catch!!!!:) Come to think of it - I never did watch "Sat. Nite Live" much!

billmayo · Post by **billmayo** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:52 pm

The HF $4.99 10" carbide tip saw blades are excellant for cutting used or reclaimed wood where close counts and nails are OK. Just use extreme caution when doing this. I pick through the pile when they have sales. I take a 5/8" molder/dado arbor with me and put each blade on the arbor and spin it. Only about 1 in 5 is close enough for me to buy. The run out can be quite large on some. I normally take all they have that are good each time. I find using a set of 3" or 4" blade stablizers works well with these blades as they were the thinner saw blades when I last brought them. The 7 1/4" carbide tip blades was $1.99 on sale at that time.

If anyone buys the Harbor Freight Saw Blade Sharpener, could you share your experience with us. I may buy one myself as I have many 10" saw blades needing sharpening that came with the Shopsmiths I have brought plus the HF dull ones.

reible wrote:I really like the 10" 40 tooth blades for $4.99 just to the right there... You could stock up on a dozen of them and not have to buy the sharpener.... or get them both and be set for life.

Ed

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 2:05 am

Be aware the description stated 1" max arbor size. Implies 1 1/4" SS baldes will NOT fit!:mad:

Adapter ring MIGHT work?????

ovrundr · Post by **ovrundr** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:31 pm

Dropped by the local woodcraft store today and Shupert does a local pick up/drop off every Monday. Just 2 miles from my house. They charge $15 for any 10" blade. Don't know if Woodcraft adds on a little or not but it can't be much and saves me a drive.

I'll be dropping of a couple blades tomorrow and I let you know how it comes out. Going to try a steel rip blade as well to see how that works out.

Rick

robinson46176 · Post by **robinson46176** » Sat May 23, 2009 10:19 pm

billmayo wrote:If anyone buys the Harbor Freight Saw Blade Sharpener, could you share your experience with us. I may buy one myself as I have many 10" saw blades needing sharpening that came with the Shopsmiths I have brought plus the HF dull ones.

I picked up one of these this afternoon. I haven't had time to actually sharpen any blades but I did sharpen one tooth...

I believe it is a decent piece of equipment for casual sharpening. It is not what I would buy to start a full time sharpening business but it ran smoothly and and seems pretty tight as far as motor bearings etc. and the wheel advance seems easily controllable and the stops are positive. It seems to have all of the needed adjustments for angle of grind. I don't believe I would go practicing on a bunch of $200 carbide blades.

The diamond wheel seems to cut really fast on the carbide tooth I tried it on. It comes with a diamond wheel for carbide and a regular wheel for HSS.
I have a huge bunch of blades including some carbide blades (low to mid price) that just need a light touch up to make them work well. Most of the big stack are HSS blades of all kinds. I have been accumulating them for many years. I'll try the thing out on some of the worst ones first. I should mention that this unit may not do a proper job of "gumming" the gullets of HSS blades with big deep teeth. It might work OK with a different thicker wheel but I'll have to look at it later. I have other equipment that will do that anyway and it is seldom required on touch-up sharpening of HSS blades. Also on most blades except for carbide or hollow ground blades you need to maintain the "set" of the teeth. That requires other equipment as well. I have a Foley circle saw set unit I use but it isn't something found in a typical woodshop. This unit should be usable to "joint" the blades before grinding but again would need a thicker wheel.
All in all I think it is a decent tool for the purpose and should do a good job for a careful operator. I think it is well worth the money but then again it is not very expensive.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=96687

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