Bandsaw millers and sharpening.

[deeker]

Anyone, besides myself....sharpen their own bandsaw blades??

Looking into sharpening for other millers also.

Any suggestions???

Kevin

 

[TraditionalTool]

Anyone, besides myself....sharpen their own bandsaw blades??

Looking into sharpening for other millers also.

Any suggestions???

Kevin

I want to but the sharpeners are so darn expensive...I've been on the lookout for a used WoodMizer sharpener, or a Cooks if I am lucky enough to find a deal on one. Those are the only 2 sharpeners that cooks has the parts to add the wheel to sharpen their Super Sharps.

I figure I am most likely to find a WoodMizer, so that's what I have been looking for.

The trick seems to be in finding people that are close enough that they don't have to pay shipping. I found a guy about an hour and a half north of me with the proper equipment, so it's not the end of the world if I don't find one...I do have 20 Cooks Blades that came in a few weeks ago. They had a special which ended up costing about $16/blade with delivery to the doorstep. They made me buy 20 pieces to get that pricing though.

 

[gr8scott72]

My next door neighbor is a sharpener. He's been sharpening stuff all his life. He said he's had two jobs his whole life. He worked in a factory and started sharpening stuff on the side. Think he said he worked at that factory about 10 years then they went out of business. He just started sharpening full time and has been doing it ever since. He's got a nice shop behind his house and employees 2 or 3 guys. (Had 4 or 5 guys up until this last year.) I've lived here 23 years and he was here when we got here.

A large portion of his business is bandsaw blades but he can sharpen basically anything. He's done our chipper knifes, my chainsaw chains (better than ANYONE else with a grinder has ever done them), stump grinder teeth, circular saw blades, and drill bits.

The really neat thing is that no matter what I take to him, he won't charge me anything. I helped him move a tree that was down and spent about 4 hours with my skid steer cleaning up his yard. Now, I just keep dropping stuff off here and there and when it's ready, I ask him how much and he says to not worry about it. Finally, a good deed goes unpunished.

The other neat thing is that even though he's older and might not be around much longer, one of the guys that works there is his son and will continue the business. It would be a shame to see all that talent and knowledge disappear.

 

[deeker]

I am looking into Cook's tooth setter, and an automated Dyna sharpener(Bailey's). As well as Cook's band roller.

Been using Norwoods equipment to this point, just want to do it a lot faster.

Curious if there would be enough market, here. Mostly west coast.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I have both, Norwoods std. sharpener and setter, and their industrial sharpener and setter. Both do the job, but the industrial version is easier to use, and much faster, probably does a bit better job too...

Rob

 

[deeker]

I just recieved and watched the Cook's sharpener and band roller video!!!

Ordering the roller on tuesday.

Their dual tooth setter will be next!!!

Probably getting the Dyna Saw automatic band sharpener, from Bailey's.

 

[TraditionalTool]

I just recieved and watched the Cook's sharpener and band roller video!!!

Ordering the roller on tuesday.

Their dual tooth setter will be next!!!

Probably getting the Dyna Saw automatic band sharpener, from Bailey's.

Any particular reason you picked the Dinasaw Sharpener?

Do you think that's a better option than the Cooks Cat Claw?

 

[deeker]

Any particular reason you picked the Dinasaw Sharpener?

Do you think that's a better option than the Cooks Cat Claw?

The automatic Dinasaw sharpener....is cheaper and smaller than the Cook's.

Want the band roller, and Cook's dual tooth setter.

 

[TraditionalTool]

The automatic Dinasaw sharpener....is cheaper and smaller than the Cook's.

Want the band roller, and Cook's dual tooth setter.

Looks like the Cat Claw is cheaper with the current discount. Maybe I'm looking at the wrong models...

 

[Coalsmoke]

If you plan to sharpen for others I think you're wise to go with an auto version. I ran the norwood standard sharpener and their industrial setter and it was a good setup for a one man sawing business, and very cost effective at under $2000, but I wouldn't want to take on a few other sharpening customers with that equipment. Whatever you go with, if the quality is there, it will pay for itself.

 

[deeker]

So who on the west coast sends their bandsaw blades to the east coast to be sharpened, set...and rolled??

 

[deeker]

Ordering the band roller in the morning!!! Tuesday the 20th.

Need to get several rolled....asap!!!