Bob Anderson
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Does anyone sharpen dull bandsaw blades? I hit a hidden nail with mine and it seems like a waste to get rid of it? OR Have you found another use for dull blades?
I've sharpened bandsaw blades (105" 3tpi) with a Dremel spinning a small cylindrical stone. It worked to a certain degree for my type of work (cutting turning blanks) but it wasn't as good as a new one. Now that I've started using $9.00 blades that are as good or better than the $20.00 blades, it's not worth the trouble for me to sharpen them.
I do resharpen my blades. I have a high speed pencil grinder (air driven). ...The diamond will not wear like a stone so the profile stays relatively the same...
9$ Per blade? Gee, that's cheap! I've checked their site but it looks that they do not ship internationally, I'll call them to confirm.
Customers are located in all 50 states, Canada, Europe and Asia.
Ever since Tod Evans convinced me to try them, I've been very happy with the blades from Ellis Manufacturing.
http://www.ellissaw.com/
They don't accept online orders (phone only) and they have a minimum of $50 per order, but I like their blades as moch or more than the Wolverineblades I was getting from Timberwolf (Suffolk).
Vaughn,
I didn't see a price list on their site... do they have one.. what price range does their blades fall into?... I use the BORG blades now and just toss them after they get too dull.... My saw is the Delta 14" that uses the 93" blade.
Somewhere I read on one of the forums that most band saw blades only last for a couple hundred board feet before they start to get dull... that's not a lot of wood under the blade.
I pretty much stick to Lenox bimetal blades for most sawing and wouldn't bother trying to get them sharpened. At 40-50.00 for a blade that last 3-4 times longer than most is a pretty good deal. I also have a Lenox Trimaster carbide and a Laguna Resaw King that I'll definitely have sharpened when the time comes. They're pretty pricey.
Not true, though. It'd be true if you were grinding carbide, but high-speed diamond erodes in contact with hot steel. The iron in the steel actually dissolves diamond; it's one of the very few things that'll do that.
Diamonds aren't used to grind steel in industry for that very reason. Instead, aluminum-oxide stones are used for the purpose.
Toni, I quote from their "About Us" page:
if they don't... there's ALWAYS a WAY. One of us can take delivery & ship to you.
have you used all those i sent you up already toni???? and if so they all came from ellis
Ricky, do you know if Lennox makes a bimetal blade with about 3tpi and 1/2" width? That's typically what's on my bandsaw, since I'm usually cutting thick green wood with it. I wonder if bimetal blades would be any advantage for that kind of cutting.