Craig Salisbury
Nordic Pine
Do you?
Is it common practice to have table saw blades re-sharpened or just replace them?
cheers
Craig
Is it common practice to have table saw blades re-sharpened or just replace them?
cheers
Craig
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Having saw blades resharpened...
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Malc2098
Sequoia
My local (ish) supplier provides a sharpening service.
Go straight to page 20.
https://www.eps-services.co.uk/uploads/EPS ENGLAND PRICELIST.pdf
Go straight to page 20.
https://www.eps-services.co.uk/uploads/EPS ENGLAND PRICELIST.pdf
Trevanion
Old Oak
Yes, usually it's around £10 a blade (depending on the amount of teeth and any damage of course, they can braze on new teeth) which is quite a saving over buying a new blade. Some blades you won't get too many resharpens out of and some higher quality ones you will get many resharpenings out of because the carbides will be so much larger.
Here's a picture of three blades for comparison, the top one is the one supplied with a Metabo Mitresaw which will be as cheaply made as possible (~15), the middle red one is a medium quality Freud blade (~£25)and the bottom is a good quality CMT blade (~£50) and you can see the difference in carbide size between the three is quite drastic. Some even higher quality industrial blades in the £100+ region can have even larger carbides but it's makes more economic sense if you're having blades sharpened very often as you'll get many, many resharpenings out of it.
Here's a picture of three blades for comparison, the top one is the one supplied with a Metabo Mitresaw which will be as cheaply made as possible (~15), the middle red one is a medium quality Freud blade (~£25)and the bottom is a good quality CMT blade (~£50) and you can see the difference in carbide size between the three is quite drastic. Some even higher quality industrial blades in the £100+ region can have even larger carbides but it's makes more economic sense if you're having blades sharpened very often as you'll get many, many resharpenings out of it.
I have a stack of blades that need doing, but unfortunately over here it is really expensive to get thing sharpened compared to what I'm used to paying in the UK. Im looking at over €30 for a small blade for the mitre saw, I dread to think what the big panel saw blades would cost me. Some workshops have their own sharpening machine and I have been looking into getting one, but given the cost of some of the blades I really am not keen on messing them up myself. Has anyone got any experience with them? The other option would be to post them back over, its crazy but it will save me a load of money. I used Leitz in Leeds who I found really good and quick, plus they were very close to my workshop.
Craig Salisbury
Nordic Pine
Damn fine work sir, I have ordered a replacement CMT, but this seems a good opportunity to send a couple in for their service.Malc2098":240jtt76 said:
cheers
Craig