John Bush
04-02-2007, 11:43 PM
Hi All,
As a hobbiest, and a somewhat frugal one at that, I finally broke down and had some blades sharpened: two sets of 12" HSS planer blades(for a Parks) one set of 8" HSS jointer blades, two 60 carbide tooth combo blades, and one 30 carbide tooth ripping blade. The shop I used is a serious machine shop that does mostly commercial and industrial sharpening and machining. They did a great job and I'm pleased with the service, but was a bit surprised at the cost. The planer blades were $6.70 each, jointer blades $5.55, 60 tooth @$23.70 each, and the rip was $17.50. I was able to drop them off and pick up in one week, so no shipping. Does this seem like a competitive price? The TS blades are Freud but I'm not sure if they cost that much new 10 years ago!! Thanks for the info. John.
As a hobbiest, and a somewhat frugal one at that, I finally broke down and had some blades sharpened: two sets of 12" HSS planer blades(for a Parks) one set of 8" HSS jointer blades, two 60 carbide tooth combo blades, and one 30 carbide tooth ripping blade. The shop I used is a serious machine shop that does mostly commercial and industrial sharpening and machining. They did a great job and I'm pleased with the service, but was a bit surprised at the cost. The planer blades were $6.70 each, jointer blades $5.55, 60 tooth @$23.70 each, and the rip was $17.50. I was able to drop them off and pick up in one week, so no shipping. Does this seem like a competitive price? The TS blades are Freud but I'm not sure if they cost that much new 10 years ago!! Thanks for the info. John.