Circular Sawblade Sharpening
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 2:50 pm
I recently bought a Circular Sawblade Sharpener from Harbor Freight as a father's day gift. Because the specs said the machine only handled blades up to a 1" arbor hole, I thought I would have to make a shim of some type to handle Shopsmith blades. To my surprise, the Pressure Bushing that comes with the machine is, in fact, large enough to firmly hold the Shopsmith blades with their 1 1/4" arbor holes.
Couldn't wait to try it out! Sharpened two multipurpose blades and a Shopsmith rip blade. They came out nicely sharpened. I only used the diamond wheel to touch up the flat surface. The other surfaces don't need any re-surfacing. I'm convinced it can be used to sharpen my 6" wobble dado as well as rip and crosscut blades.
Cost of the unit was $60 (presently 20% off and available locally). A real bargain for sharpening 7 blades.
I don't know how long the diamond wheel will last, but HF offers replacement grinding wheels at a reasonable cost.
To me, it appears that HF has a tool that really works.
http://www.harborfreight.com/120-volt-circular-saw-blade-sharpener-96687.html
http://manuals.harborfreight.com/manuals/96000-96999/96687.pdf
Couldn't wait to try it out! Sharpened two multipurpose blades and a Shopsmith rip blade. They came out nicely sharpened. I only used the diamond wheel to touch up the flat surface. The other surfaces don't need any re-surfacing. I'm convinced it can be used to sharpen my 6" wobble dado as well as rip and crosscut blades.
Cost of the unit was $60 (presently 20% off and available locally). A real bargain for sharpening 7 blades.
I don't know how long the diamond wheel will last, but HF offers replacement grinding wheels at a reasonable cost.
To me, it appears that HF has a tool that really works.
http://www.harborfreight.com/120-volt-circular-saw-blade-sharpener-96687.html
http://manuals.harborfreight.com/manuals/96000-96999/96687.pdf