Dull band saw blades

Steve Turner wrote:
> What do you guys do with your dull band saw blades? Do you bother
> trying to sharpen them (or have them sharpened by somebody else)? Or
> do you just chuck them and buy new ones? I've tried to sharpen a
> couple of them using a Dremel tool and some methods suggested by
> others on their woodworking sites (I'm sure a Google would turn up
> enough examples), and the results were passable, but it was a pain to
> say the least. Are there any good (and reasonably priced) blade
> sharpening jigs that would make it worth the effort? I'm starting to
> get knee deep in dull band saw blades...

When I owned a bandsaw... I could never see the worth in the time it would
require to sharpen a band. I've since given my band saw to my son, so now I
don't even think about those things, but I can tell you that if I ever
bought another one, and the band had more than 12 teeth on it - I would not
spend my time trying to sharpen it. And... I'm a fanatic about sharp. I
sharpen scissors, knives, chainsaw chains, etc. But band saw bands... Nope.

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Steve Turner <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> What do you guys do with your dull band saw blades? Do you bother
> trying to sharpen them (or have them sharpened by somebody else)? Or
> do you just chuck them and buy new ones? I've tried to sharpen a
> couple of them using a Dremel tool and some methods suggested by
> others on their woodworking sites (I'm sure a Google would turn up
> enough examples), and the results were passable, but it was a pain to
> say the least. Are there any good (and reasonably priced) blade
> sharpening jigs that would make it worth the effort? I'm starting to
> get knee deep in dull band saw blades...
>

Most of the blades are cheap enough that they're not worth it. I wonder if
you could get anything for them from a recycler?

Puckdropper
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On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:41:40 -0600, Steve Turner
<[email protected]> wrote:

>What do you guys do with your dull band saw blades? Do you bother trying to
>sharpen them (or have them sharpened by somebody else)? Or do you just chuck
>them and buy new ones? I've tried to sharpen a couple of them using a Dremel
>tool and some methods suggested by others on their woodworking sites (I'm sure
>a Google would turn up enough examples), and the results were passable, but it
>was a pain to say the least. Are there any good (and reasonably priced) blade
>sharpening jigs that would make it worth the effort? I'm starting to get knee
>deep in dull band saw blades...
>
>--
>"Our beer goes through thousands of quality Czechs every day."
>(From a Shiner Bock billboard I saw in Austin some years ago)
>To reply, eat the taco.
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I sent in some dull blades to my sharpener/supplier guy, once. The
burrs left from sharpening made the blade even worse than dull. For
another 3-4$, I could have bought new blades and should have.

P

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<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:41:40 -0600, Steve Turner
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>What do you guys do with your dull band saw blades? Do you bother trying
>>to
>>sharpen them (or have them sharpened by somebody else)? Or do you just
>>chuck
>>them and buy new ones? I've tried to sharpen a couple of them using a
>>Dremel
>>tool and some methods suggested by others on their woodworking sites (I'm
>>sure
>>a Google would turn up enough examples), and the results were passable,
>>but it
>>was a pain to say the least. Are there any good (and reasonably priced)
>>blade
>>sharpening jigs that would make it worth the effort? I'm starting to get
>>knee
>>deep in dull band saw blades...

One of my associates with a Wood Miser bandsaw mill reports that he could
get the blades re-sharpened but the two way shipping costs would bring the
cost up to what new blades cost him. He also reports that he faces a lower
breakage rate with new ones--the blades fatigue/work harden with use and the
more use they've seen the more frequent the breaks.

John

Band saw blades of 1/2 or larger can be useful as beading tool material.
You can make a beading tool holder and just cut the band saw and file to
shape.

Other than that, pretty tough to sit there sharpening it. Lots of work
for little gain. Contact a professional shop if you are really
interested maybe they have a machine like that used for table saw blades.

On 12/5/2011 4:41 PM, Steve Turner wrote:
> What do you guys do with your dull band saw blades? Do you bother trying
> to sharpen them (or have them sharpened by somebody else)? Or do you
> just chuck them and buy new ones? I've tried to sharpen a couple of them
> using a Dremel tool and some methods suggested by others on their
> woodworking sites (I'm sure a Google would turn up enough examples), and
> the results were passable, but it was a pain to say the least. Are there
> any good (and reasonably priced) blade sharpening jigs that would make
> it worth the effort? I'm starting to get knee deep in dull band saw
> blades...
>

Steve Turner wrote:
> What do you guys do with your dull band saw blades? Do you bother
> trying to sharpen them (or have them sharpened by somebody else)? Or
> do you just chuck them and buy new ones? I've tried to sharpen a
> couple of them using a Dremel tool and some methods suggested by
> others on their woodworking sites (I'm sure a Google would turn up
> enough examples), and the results were passable, but it was a pain to
> say the least. Are there any good (and reasonably priced) blade
> sharpening jigs that would make it worth the effort? I'm starting to
> get knee deep in dull band saw blades...

Trying to sharpen bandsaw blades is about as bad as trying to reclaim toilet
paper.

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I sent in some dull blades to my sharpener/supplier guy, once. The
burrs left from sharpening made the blade even worse than dull. For
another 3-4$, I could have bought new blades and should have.

P

Another point on why to not resharpen is that the steel in the blade gets
work hardened and brittle, after enough use to dull them.

-- Jim in NC

On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:15:02 GMT, [email protected] wrote:

>On Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:41:40 -0600, Steve Turner
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>What do you guys do with your dull band saw blades? Do you bother trying to
>>sharpen them (or have them sharpened by somebody else)? Or do you just chuck
>>them and buy new ones? I've tried to sharpen a couple of them using a Dremel
>>tool and some methods suggested by others on their woodworking sites (I'm sure
>>a Google would turn up enough examples), and the results were passable, but it
>>was a pain to say the least. Are there any good (and reasonably priced) blade
>>sharpening jigs that would make it worth the effort? I'm starting to get knee
>>deep in dull band saw blades...
>>
>>--
>>"Our beer goes through thousands of quality Czechs every day."
>>(From a Shiner Bock billboard I saw in Austin some years ago)
>>To reply, eat the taco.
>>http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbqboyee/
>
>
>I sent in some dull blades to my sharpener/supplier guy, once. The
>burrs left from sharpening made the blade even worse than dull. For
>another 3-4$, I could have bought new blades and should have.

If your "sharpener/supplier guy" left burrs, you were doing business
with the wrong person. I hope you've changed to a reputable company
since then.

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