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Planer knives
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:58 pm
by rocke1
I've been waiting for it seems months for the backorder on planer knives. Mine are too short for any more sharpining and I wonder if any on the forum knows of any other source?
Rock
VB Virginia
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:56 pm
by dusty
rocke1 wrote:I've been waiting for it seems months for the backorder on planer knives. Mine are too short for any more sharpining and I wonder if any on the forum knows of any other source?
Rock
VB Virginia
I've not heard of another source. Where are you located? Your profile doesn't say. Maybe someone here on the forum could be some assistance.
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:08 pm
by rocke1
I live in Virginia Beach Virginia Dusty. I fear if knives are not to be had it will mean giving up my proplaner for a Dewalt. All my important wood working tools are shopsmith that I started to aquire in 1989.
Rock
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:47 pm
by 8iowa
Rock:
According to the manual, blades that measure less than 11/16" (.688) should not be sharpened. Have yours been ground down that far? I have a spare set that needs to be honed on the conical sander that measure .728" wide. I don't believe that they have been sharpened, certainly not more than once.
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:32 am
by rocke1
My knives are about about at the limit for pro sharping. They grind a bit more than I would like. I have aquired the sharping jig and can very lightly touch up the edge but not more than a few thousands. Sort of looking to the future
rock
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:55 am
by dusty
rocke1 wrote:My knives are about about at the limit for pro sharping. They grind a bit more than I would like. I have aquired the sharping jig and can very lightly touch up the edge but not more than a few thousands. Sort of looking to the future
rock
In the future, you will have Shopsmith to turn to once again.
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:19 am
by 8iowa
Rock:
Actually, just a few thousands is all you need. If there is a "nick" on the edge, don't try to grind it all out, all you need to do is offset the blade laterally about 1/32" in the cutter head to eliminate the raised line in the wood. (This was a tip from Nick) My final sharpening operation is to, by hand, lightly hone the bevel on an 8000 grid waterstone, and then carefully rub the back on the stone to remove any burr - result - scary sharp!
The beauty of the conical disk and the sharpening jig, other than the convenience and economy of doing it yourself, is that the sharpening just takes off the minimum amount of metal, giving you much longer blade life. If you send out the blades to a sharpening service, they may grind away too much metal.
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:50 pm
by charlese
rocke1 wrote:I've been waiting for it seems months for the backorder on planer knives. Mine are too short for any more sharpining and I wonder if any on the forum knows of any other source?
Rock
VB Virginia
Got an e-mail today from SS - planer and jointer knives are now on sale. Planer knives are $70.47. With the sale - The backorder won't be too long.
Mine just came in
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:42 pm
by nuhobby
Hi,
I just got new SS planer knives in today. They were ordered a couple of months ago. This officially fulfills all my backorders that were outstanding. Yours should come in before long, hopefully.
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:18 pm
by 8iowa
Rock:
Like Chris, my planer knives arrived today (3/14). Tjhe width of the new blades is .750". Apparently the set I had on hand, measuring .728", which had been sharpened once by an outside source, shows just how much metal a professional sharpening service can remove.
Believe me truthfully, from now on I will sharpen my blades myself using the conical sanding disk. I will get much longer life out of a set of blades.