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Homemade blade sharpener from a chainsaw sharpener

4/24/14       
Rod Hays

I made a video this morning of the bandsaw blade sharpner I made from a chainsaw sharper. I haven't try the blades out on any logs yet,but from the looks of the blades I believe they should cut just fine.

4/24/14       #2: Homemade blade sharpener from a cha ...
EC Aumiller Member

Go to this link in knowledge base (see below).

Contributor C is one that I built years ago.. still works good..

Would highly recommend you modify yours to have various angles to enable different ones for different woods, hard, soft, frozen, etc...

Bandmill

4/24/14       #3: Homemade blade sharpener from a cha ...
EC Aumiller Member

Better link..

Link

4/24/14       #4: Homemade blade sharpener from a cha ...
Rod Hays

I saw that a few years ago and I thought it was a great idea. I tried a blade out on a dried hickory log to see how well it would cut,and it cut great. Thanks for giving me the idea!

4/29/14       #5: Homemade blade sharpener from a cha ...
Mark B Member

How many re sharpens are you getting only grinding the tooth face?

I had a sharpener similar but now run a sharpener that grinds the entire blade profile. Much more expensive but grinding the gullet removes the small cracks that form in the gullet leading to breakage. Always wondered how many rounds others were getting before a break.

4/29/14       #6: Homemade blade sharpener from a cha ...
EC Aumiller Member

Using a very similiar grinder (made same way, but angle is adjustable).... have sharpened some blades 12-15 times till nothing left on tooth... never had a blade break due to cracks...
When sharpen blades, look at gullet and if any doubt, set depth of cut slightly more and hit gullet lightly before hitting tooth..

4/29/14       #7: Homemade blade sharpener from a cha ...
Mark B Member

Interesting. I just grind the entire profile everytime with a light enough grind so it hits the entire profile lightly.

There is never no teeth left but the blade gets narrower over time. Tooth and gullet size of course are same as a new blade throughout.

Ive had several blades break in the gullet (not at the weld) which was why I moved to grinding the entire profile. I suppose it would take about 60 resharpenings or so to break even on the sharpener though.

4/30/14       #8: Homemade blade sharpener from a cha ...
Rod Hays

Hi ,Mark,the blade profile I grind with an angle grinder every now and then. So far I haven't broke a blade.

5/30/19       #9: Homemade blade sharpener from a cha ...
Erna Clayton Member

Thanks for sharing the video it looks interesting watching chainsaw getting sharpened,My brother has bought a new electric chainsaw sharpener oregon 511ax from the source given below, he is happy using it but he doesn't work the way you work might be he has different working style

http://https://topreviewedten.com/best-electric-chainsaw-sharpener/

7/9/19       #10: Homemade blade sharpener from a cha ...
Harry A Member

Hey Erna
I read on many forums about the electric chainsaw sharpener oregon 511ax it seems to have a lot of complain about its sharpening the blades it sharpens only one side of the blade could you please let me know about the issue have source has recommended buffalo tool ecss you can read it in mentioned link

http://https://www.2kreviews.com/best-chainsaw-sharpener/

10/26/19       #11: Homemade blade sharpener from a cha ...
selenawills Member

Yes, I agree with the one side sharpening issue of Oregon 511ax. But as a better replacement for it, I would suggest Oregon 410-120. Its nose system doesn't displace while sharpening that's the main reason it provides better output than 511ax. You can check more features of it in the reference link

https://www.bestreviewslist.com/best-chainsaw-sharpeners/


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