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   VeniciaL | Nov 20, 2003 01:02am | #1

   Brian,

   I buy my blades from Timberwolf. I can't say enough good about them.

   They have a listing of sharpening services in various regions also.

   http://www.suffolkmachinery.com/

   VL

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   Sphere | Nov 20, 2003 01:20am | #2

   I think I saw a way to DIY a bandsaw blade...turn the blade inside out, put it back on the saw (the teeth now point up) tension up but not as tite as for sawing. Mount a round diamond bit in a dremel that is in a cradle sitting on the BS table and take enough out of the gullets to JUST freshen the tooth edge. Of course this is only if you have the right Dia. diamond bit and the TPI of said blade is around 3 or so.

   Whether or not the set remains I guess is determined by how much you had to begin with and how much is removed by taking off the front of the tooth. also of course watch for errant sparks and eyeprotection is a must.I did do this once and found that my time was better spent doing something else..so I buy new blades and have the old ones hanging around in case I get caught short and cant wait for Big Brown Truck.

   Even my sawmill tosses thier dull blades cuz for 9.00 bucks it is cheaper to replace than sharpen. BTW those blades (used free) come in real handy for scrapers and fiddly bits of decent steel that I always need. Hope this helped....Duane

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   PlaneWood | Nov 20, 2003 05:30am | #3

   I've used a 5/32" diamond hone in my dremel for that.  But, I didn't turn the teeth upside down.  I got maybe double the use out of the blade.  The cut was a little rougher after resharpening.

   I just buy Tinberwolf blades now.  Don't do all that much resawing.

   PlaneWood by Mike_in_Katy (maker of fine sawdust!)PlaneWood

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   Sphere | Nov 20, 2003 04:14pm | #4

   I just did the upside down thing cuz that is what I remember from the mag. article..but it was easier to see what I was doing. By giving a little tug on the lower wheel I could advance teeth easily...I guess I should have said to UNPLUG the saw but I hope that is a no-brainer for us by now.  Duane

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   mike4244 | Nov 20, 2003 07:00pm | #5

   Brian. I sharpen some bandsaw blades myself. Only 4 teeth or less per inch, finer blades are not possible with my method. I remove blade from saw and place in saw vice. I use a dremel tool with a chainsaw grinding wheel, the shape is about one inch long , 3/16" diameter cylinder. The tooth should be sharpened 90 degrees to the blade, I keep the wheel square to the tooth and slightly down, same as filing a rip saw blade. I do every other tooth, then turn blade inside out and do the other teeth. This is not neccesary if you are comfortable grinding in either direction, I turn the blade so I move left to right, more comfortable to me. I grind 113" blades in less than 15 minutes, the blades are sharper than new. One wheel does about 1 1/2 blades.

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   TomHigby | Feb 06, 2010 07:14pm | #6

   In case you are curious, if you watch ebay listings of saw sets, there is ocassionlly a crank operated machine to set teeth on band-saw blades. 100 years ago things were not easily thrown away.

   Tom