Need to get saw blades sharpened. Where?
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Rifleman1776
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As a general rule, bandsaw blades are not resharpened. Ordinary bs blades would cost more to get sharpened than a new blade. Huge waste of material IMHO. But, that's the way it is. Some folks do their own sharpening. I might be able to find a tutorial on the subject if you really need it. As for your circular blades, most towns have a couple professional sharpeners. Usually these are retired guys who do it as a sideline. Ask around. If the blade in question is a high end one, like Frued, you can send to them and for lotsa $$$ they will resharpen to their specs.
Daniel
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depending on what band saw blade you have you can sharpen it yourself in a couple of ways. Someone posted a link to a you tube film that shows how to do it with a Dremel tool. this is a fast but sloppy way to do it. to do it right use a triangle file on each tooth (watch the angles and try to match them) the file should pretty well fit the gullet of each tooth so it goes pretty fast. I have a 3/4 inch 3 TPI blade 108 inches long. this means there are 324 teeth to file. for 20 bucks I can simply replace the blade. I do sharpen my hand saws this way and it works very well. in fact the machines made to sharpen hand saws and band saw blades use the same triangle files. they can just file a lot more teeth per minute than I can.
Dario
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I resharpen my bandsaw blade with a dremel tool with a diamond lapidary bit. I usually can re-sharpen 3 times before it starts getting bad (cutting crooked).
I have a small bandsaw (short blade) and can finish sharpening one in about 3-5 minutes. I do it with the blade still mounted on the saw (unplugged)and just very slightly touch the front/tip of each of the cutting tooth. I just stay parallel facing the blade as much as possible and try to maintain a uniform angle (up/down) as I touch each tooth.
Hope this helps.