TW15 Re- sharpen advice

[johnty]

Hi all, please could someone tell me the best place to get my TW150 blades sharpened, i'm i right in saying that Saturn Knives ar ok?

whats the turn around like dont want to be hanging on for weeks:001_rolleyes:

oh ye thats TW150 not 15, sorry

[treediver]

I buy saturn blades, there fine but I sharpen them my myself...a 5 minute job & saves time and having rely on someone else.

[sihart100]

try your local machine shop or anywhere with a surface grinder just ask if they can hollow grind them. if not your local mower shop will do it

[johnty]

i dont have the equipment to sharpen my self, i have heard that it,s very important to get the angle right or it can weaken them, and they dont perform as well.

[treediver]

i dont have the equipment to sharpen my self, i have heard that it,s very important to get the angle right or it can weaken them, and they dont perform as well.

 

Yeah many people bang on about hollow grind etc as the holy grail of grinding your blades. I grind using a ceramic microcrystaline wheel on a standard bench grinder which cut cool and very fast.

Never had a problem, ever.

[Topher Martyn]

I think Saturn are great and have used them for a while. Very quick and helpful.

 

Mind you, I think they still have a blade off my baler, so thanks for reminiding me!

[josharb87]

i wouldnt use saturn knives, was very dissapointed, actually appalled at their service. sent a pair of blades that had been incorrectly sharpened by a groundie-he made them the wrong angles, they just followed those angles-despite their blurb:

 

1 degree towards mayhem or 1 degree towards contentment??

 

Believe it or not when your blades are not re-sharpened to the required OEM spec you are putting

your machine through unnecessary stresses that will have an impact on your machines performance

and eventually the moving parts.

 

At Saturn Machine Knives Limited we will ensure your blades are returned to the

original specification - not to the angle that is currently destroying your machine!!

 

 

 

 

 

they did not sharpen blades to OEM specification

 

 

[Rupe]

I use Tewkesbury saw company. They do my TW150 blades at £3.00 each, a bit more if they are really blunt i.e. one sharpen £3.00 but to go over them twice £6.00. Simples.

 

They collect/deliver mine for £1.00 each way cos they have avan that goes to the industrial restate where I am each week. So I send 3 pairs at a time costs £20.00 bargain!

 

I guess the postage costs woudl be higher for you.

 

Here thye are

 

Tewkesbury saw company, Suppliers of woodworking machinery and tooling

[Theocus]

And if you use the company opposite Tewkesbury saw called Tool grinders they do them for £4.00 no matter how bad they are!!!!!!

[Arborist]

I normally get Lister Wilder to do mine but the last set I had done were sharpened to the wrong angle, which led to poor chipping and a snapped blade. Oh and they charge £20+vat a set!

 

Wont be using them again!!