Resharpin Saw Blades

[Scott Brihn]

If you do decide to resharpen some or all of the blades, Freud has "certified" sharpeners to sharpen their blades and has them listed by state on their website.

[glenn bradley]

I have mine sharpened but, I have blades that will stand many sharpenings. Your Forrest blades should be doable. Consumer type Freud blades can take a trip or two. Pro series blades with adequate carbide can take many. I have a blade tht has seen 6 sharpenings and it is about done. Given the original price tag plus the cost of sharpening, the blade was brand new 7 times and cost me about $35 for each "new" blade. A resharpened $100 blade is a lot better than any $35 blade I've ever tried.

[Bryan Cramer]

I also used Acme's sharpening service in the past but wasn't that happy with the long times required. I thought the blades ended up better than my local sharpener but not anywheres near new quality.

I sent my last batch of blades to Dynamic Saw in Buffalo NY, and was much happier with the service I received from them. It took a little time but they were there and back in considerably less time than I used to deal with using Acme's service. Pleasure to deal with as well.

You can find their website here http://dynamicsaw.com

Clint

Thank you for the link. Their prices were what I was used to seeing at Acme Tools.

[Bruce Wrenn]

Flat Rate Box from post office will hold 55# of blades. That's what I use to ship blades to Dynamic. UPS guy brings them back. Going (post office) 2 days, coming back (UPS) almost a week, especially if they shipped out on Wed.- Friday. Nothing on UPS moves over the weekend.

[Chris Payne]

Matt lets us know how them Forest blades turn out.

[CPeter James]

I use Ridge Carbide to sharpen my blades. Does a superior job.

Cpeter

[bill tindall]

You can be sure that industrial woodworking operations resharpen their blades and demand quality equivalent to new. There is no question it can be done perfectly. A well equipped shop will have a sharpening machine of identical quality as the blade manufacturer. Ideally, use a shop that manufacturers tooling for the industry. I use Misenheimer in Morristown TN and the cost was $8-12 the last I had done(depending on size and teeth).