Bar rail grinding services

[Tacotodd]

Who besides Madsens offers bar grinding service? I have a one-off Cannon bar that needs some grinding done to it. My bar file will not not even touch the metal. 

Of course, it MIGHT need a new file 🤷‍♂️ 

[lxskllr]

You could probably get it done at a machine shop. I'd try a new file first though. You'll have to buy another eventually, so even if that's not the problem, money won't be wasted.

[Real1shepherd]

Used to be places all over the PNW that worked on bars. Few and far between now. I don't know about your state. It takes a fair amount of equipment to setup and work properly on bars. You can see a vid on YouTube of Rich Dougan's setup(the chainsaw guy).

There's an edge tool for snowboards that works perfectly on hardened bar edges. Mine came with a integral file & stone. Pretty cool...good snowboards have really hardened edges. My tool has some trendy logo that I can't even read. Looks like PED....but who knows.

A good flat stone with some honing oil will take down any steel.This kit has a nice flat stone too.Maybe one of our sponsors has something similar?

Kevin

[Gearbox]

PM me I will grind it on my on my bar grinder and ship it right back . Just pay the shipping both ways .

[Larry]

You can easily grind a bar on a common 6 X 48 belt sander.  A jig to keep the bar at 90 degrees would be helpful.

I grind my bars on a large edge sander which is sorta like a 6 X 48 on steroids.  After I do that I usually close the slot slightly with a homemade roller gadget.

[Mad Professor]

Vertical belt sander will smooth the rails and make them perfectly square.  Finish it up with a file

[Tacotodd]

PM me I will grind it on my on my bar grinder and ship it right back . Just pay the shipping both ways .

Gearbox, I'd take you up on it, but MN is a little far to ship from AR.

Larry & Mad, I don't have a belt sander, so back to square 1! I'll just order some replacement files for my tool.

[tawilson]

I've used a sanding disc on a radial arm saw. I might have used it on a table saw long ago too.

[Old saw fixer]

     My mower blade sharpener has a bar grinding function built in.  The wheel is 90° to the table and the wheel guard is open at the bottom enough to slide a bar through.  I have dressed them on a bench grinder, too, just have to be careful with the rest angle to wheel.

[HemlockKing]

The idea of sending my bar to someone to get it serviced is crazy to me, I'm no professional, but I've always been fine removing the bur with a flat file or if it's too much or the file wont get it(rare) I will kiss it with a flapper disc on a angle grinder.....my question to the guys who know..is this wrong to do it that way? I clamp he bar off the edge of a work bench and file it flat to the bar as possible

[kantuckid]

I debur/clean up the edges my bars on a wood working spindle sander. Use as little pressure as does the job.