do you have table saw blades sharpened ?
 

I've got several 10 " carbide saw blades that are now dull, does anyone still have blades sharpened ? And what about high speed steel blades ? Seems like the price of blades is so reasonable anymore that sharpening might not be cost effective.

Costs me about $20 a blade, I don't buy cheap blades, except for rip blades they're all over $100. each.

It cost me about $30 to get mine done. I've had it done 2 times in 7 years. I only have one good one but three total. The other two I use for firewood etc.

If it ever lost a tooth on my good one I'd replace it rather than get it fixed.

Seriously...how? I'm just trying to comprehend...

I have a Triton table saw. It designed to take a standard circular saw inverted.

Just pick up the log and run it through. My fireplace is smallish.

Got it...what you call "firewood", I call starter kindling :). Just picking with ya...we (my dad and I) actually have a cabinet maker that supplies us with several large loads of kindling a few times each year. "Firewood" requires chainsaws and hydraulic log splitters...and you don't "just pick one up" :D

After about the middle of November, I don't use kindling at all, The fire remains going 24/7 in my large airtight woodburner til about the end of April.

I generally buy cheap blades and replace if needed, but my 20" chainsaw chains get sharpened every year for about 10 years.

I don't actually burn wood, but my dad has a fp insert upstairs and a free standing wood stove in the middle of his basement (with air ducts, etc.) and that's his primary source (supplimented with a pretty nice solar system he's had for decades). Speaking of chains...do you have them sharpened or do it yourself...hard to find someone around here that won't grind 'em down too much. With 4 of 'em it's a PITA to do 'em by hand, but "it is what it is" :mad:

In theory, if they aren't in bad shape I touch them up with a Dremel as long as they aren't so bad they need to be reset. In reality I'm usually in the middle of a hot project when a blade is too bad to use. No time to sharpen it. So I go buy a new one and tell myself I'll sharpen the dull one when I have some time. So I've only done about 2 in the last five years.

I find sometimes I just need to clean off the pitch and tar build up. The blades fit nicely in the bottom of an old 5 gallon joint compound bucket. I pour enough Lestoil in to cover the blades and let it soak. The Lestoil cleans them very well.

i've had all tablesaws removed from my property. i am clearly not qualified.

i'll save you new guys the pic..hehe.

Alot of my friends touch up their chains everytime they go cut. I know how to preserve the sharpness of the chain and can get 3-4 truckloads of cut firewood before it starts getting a bit dull. I have 4 chains also, and just change one out if I get into the mud or a nail. I generally only need to have each chain sharpened once a year....$3.00 each at my local small engine shop, so at that price, why fool with them myself ?

I just had 3 slide miter blades, 3 table saw blades and had one circ saw blades done.
Price was less than one good quality miter saw blade.
Think I am good for a bit and ready to make some dust.

We used to get the carbide blades repaired. New teeth welded on and sharpened. That was till someone figured out it was cheaper to buy a new blade.

You get what you pay for. There are plenty of cheap carbide tipped blades out there that aren't worth sharpening. Generally they are about $.75 - $1.00 per tooth. Blades can run upwards of 150-180 dollars per 10" blade. For general purpose blade, a Freud is fine. We drop blades off once 6 -9 months. Skill saws blades are throw away blades, most of the time.

I'm pretty sure dad had than ingrained in me before I started driving :). 4 saws from 20" down, putting on an old "dirt chain" when needed. Not sharpening them "every time", just touching them up when necessary and to the "shop" when needed every few years. Some saws have been "workhorses" over the decades...not nearly as much these days.

I send my Forrest blades back to them for sharpening. I use Butler in Lawrenceville for my Freud and other higher quality blades. Cheaper carbides and non carbides just get replaced.

Out of curiosity, pics please ;)

I got rid of my tablesaw too because I didn't use it much and it took up a lot of room. It is an intimidating piece of equipment too. When I did use it, I used Forrest blades and did send them back for sharpening. I also cleaned them with Simple Green between uses.