How do you sharpen your bandsaw blades?

[Squaredy]

I used to send my blades to Stephen Cull, as he is one of the few people I found who really knew how to do them right.  I found lots of so-called professionals who do them badly.

 

Stephen told me he would have to give up most of the sharpening (and the couriers kept losing the tubs of blades for weeks at a time) so I invested in the Woodmizer kit to do it and got my miller trained up by Stephen Cull.

[trigger_andy]

  On 09/11/2021 at 18:11, Squaredy said:

I used to send my blades to Stephen Cull, as he is one of the few people I found who really knew how to do them right.  I found lots of so-called professionals who do them badly.
 
Stephen told me he would have to give up most of the sharpening (and the couriers kept losing the tubs of blades for weeks at a time) so I invested in the Woodmizer kit to do it and got my miller trained up by Stephen Cull.

I used to send to Stephen as well. I now send them to the guy he sold that side of the business too and trained up on his old machines. First class service so far.

[Woodworks]

  On 09/11/2021 at 18:11, Squaredy said:

.  I found lots of so-called professionals who do them badly.

 

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Used to have that problem with planer knives. They would come back blued, not flat not sharp etc. It's one of the reasons I want to sharpen the bandsaw blades myself. 

[Squaredy]

  On 09/11/2021 at 18:35, trigger_andy said:

 

 

I used to send to Stephen as well. I now send them to the guy he sold that side of the business too and trained up on his old machines. First class service so far.

 

 

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Ah that is good to know.  Do tell us his name (unless it is a trade secret of course).

[trigger_andy]

  On 09/11/2021 at 18:45, Woodworks said:

Used to have that problem with planer knives. They would come back blued, not flat not sharp etc. It's one of the reasons I want to sharpen the bandsaw blades myself. 

Well you’d not go wrong with getting the guy Stephen sold his business to. He does as good a job as Stephen.

[trigger_andy]

  On 09/11/2021 at 18:50, Squaredy said:

Ah that is good to know.  Do tell us his name (unless it is a trade secret of course).

Ask for Tegid.

[Woodworks]

  On 09/11/2021 at 18:50, trigger_andy said:

 

 

Well you’d not go wrong with getting the guy Stephen sold his business to. He does as good a job as Stephen.

 

 

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I will bare it in mind but intend to do some of the sharpens myself if all goes to plan. 

[Squaredy]

  On 09/11/2021 at 18:53, Woodworks said:

I will bare it in mind but intend to do some of the sharpens myself if all goes to plan. 

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I think it is worth doing yourself.  I now look back and it took as long to send them away as to actually set and sharpen them.  By the time you faff about with packing them in a box, booking the courier, phoning up and chasing etc, etc, etc.

[topchippyles]

  On 09/11/2021 at 20:01, Squaredy said:

I think it is worth doing yourself.  I now look back and it took as long to send them away as to actually set and sharpen them.  By the time you faff about with packing them in a box, booking the courier, phoning up and chasing etc, etc, etc.

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Have you not used Galletleys down in usk gav always found them to be pretty good and pickup the blades from me.

[Squaredy]

  On 09/11/2021 at 20:11, topchippyles said:

Have you not used Galletleys down in usk gav always found them to be pretty good and pickup the blades from me.

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Yes I have used them Les.