Sharpening planner blades
- Thread starter Chris C
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I sharpen mine by hand on diamond stones. You could make a jig to hold them but I never did. Have done up to 20 inch blades this way. My 13 inch blades take about 20 minutes.
Consider sending them out.
Its hard to beat a man at his own game and the sharpening shops have fantastic equipment to get a sharp edge very straight.
The sharpening service I use, Jamison's, has a sharpening machine that cost six figures. When I get my knives back I can shave my arm with them.
Very thin knives may be easy to sharpen without a big grinding machine.
Its hard to beat a man at his own game and the sharpening shops have fantastic equipment to get a sharp edge very straight.
The sharpening service I use, Jamison's, has a sharpening machine that cost six figures. When I get my knives back I can shave my arm with them.
Very thin knives may be easy to sharpen without a big grinding machine.
I successfully sharpened the 10 inch blades of my old AP-10 shortly after getting it. The guy who sold it to me thought it didn't work anymore and didn't know what was wrong. When I Iooked at the blades I knew what was wrong. They looked like they'd never been sharpened. About as sharp as a butter knife. So I used my Worksharp 3000 on them without any special jig. Worked well. I later replaced them, temporarily, with a spare set I bought before sharpening the originals and the spare set seems to be softer steel. I like the ability to sharpen the blades, saves some not insignificant money.
What kind of planer? It depends on the planer and size of knives. On smaller planers its only a little more expensive to buy new ones.
For me, with 20" x 4 knives its is too expensive to buy a new (decent) set of knives. The cost to have them done is not worth me sharpening myself, even though I have a sharpener and a jig.
I'm going the same way with my mower blades next year. For $5 a piece, I'm not doing them myself anymore.
For me, with 20" x 4 knives its is too expensive to buy a new (decent) set of knives. The cost to have them done is not worth me sharpening myself, even though I have a sharpener and a jig.
I'm going the same way with my mower blades next year. For $5 a piece, I'm not doing them myself anymore.
The planner is a Griz G1017. 12.5" blades.
I sharpened them myself. They were nicked pretty bad so I ground them out with my slow speed water wheel. Then to the diamond stones and went to work.... freehand. I probably should have made a jig but I know how to sharpen and I was lazy today.
Took about 30 minutes and I had them sharp. Are they professional sharp... No. Are they sharp... Yes.
If I had a spare set I would have sent these off just to see the result.
I sharpened them myself. They were nicked pretty bad so I ground them out with my slow speed water wheel. Then to the diamond stones and went to work.... freehand. I probably should have made a jig but I know how to sharpen and I was lazy today.
Took about 30 minutes and I had them sharp. Are they professional sharp... No. Are they sharp... Yes.
If I had a spare set I would have sent these off just to see the result.
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