When is it time to sharpen my TS blade?
Bengst | Posted in Power Tools and Machinery on
How do I know when it’s time to send off my Forrest balde for sharpening? It cut great when brand new. Time passed and I cleaned up the build-up on it. It cut better after that. Since blade dulling occurs over a long period of time and you don’t notice the change, when is the right time, not too late not too early?
Jeffrey
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Bengst,
If it seems to be cutting poorly, send it in. When you get it back, you will know how much effect sharpening made and you will be better able to judge how your needs relate to sharpening. At worst, you will have paid some money for information and a like-new blade.
If you find little improvement, you know that you can go much longer than your current use.
If there's a dramatic improvement, you've been way over due.
Rich
What Rich said.
Also, if you have two blades, you can always have a sharp one on hand, which will make it much easier to do A/B comparisons. Not to mention keeping you in production if you do something unthinkable with one of them, like trying to saw a nail.
if you find a magnifying lens look at the edges of the blade. If you see reflective bright light on the tips at the cutting edges that means its dull and the rounded cutting edge is scattering light. A sharp edge wont scatter light.
Bengst,
Generally speaking, it's time to sharpen a carbide blade when a tooth will no longer produce a shaving from from the flat of your fingernail.
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