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"Doug"

29/12/2004 5:52 AM

blade sharpening

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good blade sharpeing
service. The only local place I've found sends their blades out
anyway, so I'd just a soon mail it out, that would actually make it
easier on me.


This topic has 17 replies

CK

Charles Krug

in reply to "Doug" on 29/12/2004 5:52 AM

31/12/2004 8:20 PM

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 23:45:35 -0800, CW <[email protected]> wrote:
> CNC grinding machines, as you found out, don't ensure a good product. If you
> program them or set them up to produce crap, they will produce the most
> perfect crap imaginable and do it time after time.
>
> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>> I though I had a good service in Houston, all computer automated, but 2
>> weeks after using them I was dissatisfied with the results and sent the
>> Forrest blade to Forrest. It came back like new.
>>
>>
>
>

Had an interesting experience back when I used to do receiving
inspection *COUGHS* years ago.

We had two machined parts come in from two different vendors.

From vendor A, some parts were PERFECT. Some parts were a bit off. All
were within tolerence. Pretty good for a run of a thousand pieces.

Vendor B, the first piece was .003 short in the longest dimension, with
similar shortfalls in all the other dimensions.

So was the second piece, the third . . .

Within the tolerence I could measure, all the pieces were identical.

Weird.

ff

"fritz"

in reply to "Doug" on 29/12/2004 5:52 AM

29/12/2004 6:38 AM


Doug wrote:
> Does anyone have any recommendations for a good blade sharpeing
> service. The only local place I've found sends their blades out
> anyway, so I'd just a soon mail it out, that would actually make it
> easier on me.

Send them out, it will be the best way.

d

in reply to "Doug" on 29/12/2004 5:52 AM

29/12/2004 7:22 AM


If you want to send it out, this company is highly recommended on the
net. I have no affiliation to them other than as a satisfied customer.
http://www.cookessharpening.com/

Sd

Silvan

in reply to "Doug" on 29/12/2004 5:52 AM

29/12/2004 9:45 AM

Leon wrote:

> Forrest does a superb job and will retrue the blade if you request this.

And they'll sharpen anything. Even a Soopasuck Lameblade.

Haven't used them, just regurgitating ambient knowledge. People say stuff
comes back almost as good as a big dollar Forrest blade, and they're
extremely reasonable about everything. I plan to send all my blades in
that direction One Of These Days(tm).

--
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Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
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Db

"DamnYankeeBastard"

in reply to "Doug" on 29/12/2004 5:52 AM

29/12/2004 1:39 PM


"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Forrest does a superb job and will retrue the blade if you request this.
>
>

I agree. I've sent many saw blades in and they do a great job. They
flattened some of the "other" blades I sent without asking and without
charge.

Bryan

Sd

Silvan

in reply to "Doug" on 29/12/2004 5:52 AM

29/12/2004 11:18 PM

mac davis wrote:

>>Haven't used them, just regurgitating ambient knowledge.
>
> Wow... you've compacted paragraphs into that sentence... well done!
>
> Over the years, I've found myself giving folks advice, some very
> technical, on stuff i've never done... mostly on trucks so far, as
> I've been in those NGs the longest...
> It's like you become a walking FAQ by reading so many posts on the
> different subjects.. *g*

Secret to the Silvan(tm) Success Story, really. It's an interesting
phenomenon, but I suppose I had best save musing on it for another day.

--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/

Sd

Silvan

in reply to "Doug" on 29/12/2004 5:52 AM

29/12/2004 11:19 PM

Norman D. Crow wrote:

>> extremely reasonable about everything. I plan to send all my blades in
>> that direction One Of These Days(tm).
>
> Just as soon as you get a "round tuit", right?

I was gonna buy some round tuits, but I never got around to it.

--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/

Lr

"Leon"

in reply to "Doug" on 29/12/2004 5:52 AM

29/12/2004 2:25 PM

Forrest does a superb job and will retrue the blade if you request this.


"Doug" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Does anyone have any recommendations for a good blade sharpeing
> service. The only local place I've found sends their blades out
> anyway, so I'd just a soon mail it out, that would actually make it
> easier on me.
>

Lr

"Leon"

in reply to "Doug" on 29/12/2004 5:52 AM

31/12/2004 1:34 PM


"CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> CNC grinding machines, as you found out, don't ensure a good product. If
> you
> program them or set them up to produce crap, they will produce the most
> perfect crap imaginable and do it time after time.


Well the job was not a bad one, it just did not compare to the new Forrest
blade that I had just bought. So I sent the older Forrest back to Forrest.
Also, Forrest will retrue the blade. My local service does not do this.
But I agree, like a PC, the information going in determines the quality of
the information coming out.

EP

"Edwin Pawlowski"

in reply to "Doug" on 29/12/2004 5:52 AM

29/12/2004 8:17 PM


"Doug" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Does anyone have any recommendations for a good blade sharpeing
> service. The only local place I've found sends their blades out
> anyway, so I'd just a soon mail it out, that would actually make it
> easier on me.
>

Ridge Carbide Tools. They do have a web site with all the costs and how
best to ship. They do router bits also. They did a couple of blades for me
and the DeWalt came back better than news.

ND

"Norman D. Crow"

in reply to "Doug" on 29/12/2004 5:52 AM

29/12/2004 11:00 AM





"Silvan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Leon wrote:
>
> > Forrest does a superb job and will retrue the blade if you request this.
>
> And they'll sharpen anything. Even a Soopasuck Lameblade.
>
> Haven't used them, just regurgitating ambient knowledge. People say stuff
> comes back almost as good as a big dollar Forrest blade, and they're
> extremely reasonable about everything. I plan to send all my blades in
> that direction One Of These Days(tm).

Just as soon as you get a "round tuit", right?

--
Nahmie
Those on the cutting edge bleed a lot.

RS

"Rick Samuel"

in reply to "Doug" on 29/12/2004 5:52 AM

31/12/2004 8:02 AM

Amen!! Been a machinist for 35 yrs. Just like anything else, if the person
behind the tool isn't paying attention, you get crap. Old tools or
state-of-the-art.

Cc

"CW"

in reply to "Doug" on 29/12/2004 5:52 AM

31/12/2004 2:15 PM


"Charles Krug" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:%[email protected]...
> Vendor B, the first piece was .003 short in the longest dimension, with
> similar shortfalls in all the other dimensions.
>
> So was the second piece, the third . . .
>
> Within the tolerence I could measure, all the pieces were identical.
>
> Weird.
>

Cutter comp. Slap the operator.

md

mac davis

in reply to "Doug" on 29/12/2004 5:52 AM

29/12/2004 4:01 PM

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 09:45:51 -0500, Silvan
<[email protected]> wrote:


>Haven't used them, just regurgitating ambient knowledge.

Wow... you've compacted paragraphs into that sentence... well done!

Over the years, I've found myself giving folks advice, some very
technical, on stuff i've never done... mostly on trucks so far, as
I've been in those NGs the longest...
It's like you become a walking FAQ by reading so many posts on the
different subjects.. *g*



mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

Cc

"CW"

in reply to "Doug" on 29/12/2004 5:52 AM

30/12/2004 11:45 PM

CNC grinding machines, as you found out, don't ensure a good product. If you
program them or set them up to produce crap, they will produce the most
perfect crap imaginable and do it time after time.

"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> I though I had a good service in Houston, all computer automated, but 2
> weeks after using them I was dissatisfied with the results and sent the
> Forrest blade to Forrest. It came back like new.
>
>

Br

Ba r r y

in reply to "Doug" on 29/12/2004 5:52 AM

29/12/2004 11:58 PM

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:17:57 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
wrote:


>Ridge Carbide Tools. They do have a web site with all the costs and how
>best to ship. They do router bits also. They did a couple of blades for me
>and the DeWalt came back better than news.

I've found that any blade or cutter I've sent to a good sharpening
shop, including jointer and planer knives, seem to come back better
than new.

The only exception is my Forrest stuff. They seem to come sharpened
better than many others.

Barry

Lr

"Leon"

in reply to "Doug" on 29/12/2004 5:52 AM

29/12/2004 2:48 PM


"Silvan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Leon wrote:
>
>> Forrest does a superb job and will retrue the blade if you request this.
>
> And they'll sharpen anything. Even a Soopasuck Lameblade.
>
> Haven't used them, just regurgitating ambient knowledge. People say stuff
> comes back almost as good as a big dollar Forrest blade, and they're
> extremely reasonable about everything. I plan to send all my blades in
> that direction One Of These Days(tm).


I though I had a good service in Houston, all computer automated, but 2
weeks after using them I was dissatisfied with the results and sent the
Forrest blade to Forrest. It came back like new.


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