Advice on Chipper Knife Saver Tool

[2treeornot2tree]

It's been mentioned before that a bench belt sander can be fashoned to DIY shapening. I've never done it but would love a way to touch mine up at home short of spending couple of grand for a sharpener.

You got to make sure you dont get them too hot or you will lose there temper.

 

[no tree to big]

what I do for my blades is I just take a normal old belt sander to them provided I dont beat the crap out of my machine all day every day so I dont start with a trashed knife. If you know how to work the sander you can get a pretty damn good edge on them just dont catch the corner of the knife with the belt and I'll say my horribly underpowered chipper will let you know if you did a bad job sharpening. you will not get a perfectly straight cut on the angle it will be ever so slightly curved but seems to cause no difference

 

[Menchhofer]

The knife sharpener works very good as long as your intention is to keep a good edge on the knives. Have used them for years. They are just the scissor sharpeners...whenever we see them in the store we buy a couple..about 5 to 10.00 each. When they get dull, you just reverse the edge and you are good to go for a while longer.

We also did not use the glove one day and sliced four fingers while sharpening the blades. Very deep laceratons. Now we do not sharpen without it.

 

[flushcut]

Knife Sharpener : SherrillTree Tree Care Equipment

Is this good for touching up knives on the machine or is there a better tool? I usually do nothing to new blades until they need rotating/replacing. I don't resharpen blades - I just send em to the scrap yard when both sides are used. Looking for a way to extend the life out of them. BTW - using a Vermeer 1800A drum.

AP

I use one, and I have found it has cut down my "send out sharpening" cost. You have to use it on somewhat sharp knives to keep an edge but they work.

 

[jtc16]

What do you think the best bet is to try and bring back some chipped knives? Mine aren't too bad but they aren't good

 

[no tree to big]

What do you think the best bet is to try and bring back some chipped knives? Mine aren't too bad but they aren't good

If they are chipped you need to sharpen them the proper way nice and slow on a sharpener depending how bad they are chipped you may end up taking a lot off... now the edge doesn't have to be 100% to be acceptable for use

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