Lynn Kasdorf
02-27-2003, 12:33 PM
I wonder if anybody out there knows of an affordable way to make or buy a setup for sharpening badn saw blades.
I have a 1" wide 3 or 4 tpi Timberwolf on my big old Rockwell 20" saw. It is starting to get a bit dull.
It seems to me that it might not be that hard to fashion a small grinding wheel on some sort of a jig so that the teeth could be touched up in place.
I'm thinking of a jig that would hold the grinding wheel on a pivoting arm or a slide. You would also want a system that engages the blade a couple teeth above the grindee, to ensure consistancy.
I've thought about adapting a chain saw sharpening system, or using a mototool, if I could find a sharpening bit that would not get ground down to nothing after the first use...
Of course, this indexing scheme would not work with variable pitch blades.
It just seems a shame to toss a costly blade when it starts to loose its initial edge.
I have a 1" wide 3 or 4 tpi Timberwolf on my big old Rockwell 20" saw. It is starting to get a bit dull.
It seems to me that it might not be that hard to fashion a small grinding wheel on some sort of a jig so that the teeth could be touched up in place.
I'm thinking of a jig that would hold the grinding wheel on a pivoting arm or a slide. You would also want a system that engages the blade a couple teeth above the grindee, to ensure consistancy.
I've thought about adapting a chain saw sharpening system, or using a mototool, if I could find a sharpening bit that would not get ground down to nothing after the first use...
Of course, this indexing scheme would not work with variable pitch blades.
It just seems a shame to toss a costly blade when it starts to loose its initial edge.