Sharpening Cost

[vfauto]

What are you all paying for sharpening your band blades?

[Magicman]

10 blades to WM Resharp cost $102.88 which includes shipping both ways.  The cost for sharpening only is $7.00 per blade.

If I have a rejected blade that is replaced then subtract the $7.00 for sharpening and add 18.90 for a new replacement blade.  I normally have one or two rejects, which are usually broken blades.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

10 blades to WM Resharp cost $102.88 which includes shipping both ways.  The cost for sharpening only is $7.00 per blade.

If I have a rejected blade that is replaced then subtract the $7.00 for sharpening and add 18.90 for a new replacement blade.  I normally have one or two rejects, which are usually broken blades.

Magic, can you send in broken blades along with other blades to be resharpened  and they will replace them?
I have had BAD blades replaced but never have sent back broken blades along with the rest.

[thecfarm]

$6 per blade.

[Magicman]

Yup, just put the broken ones in the box with the rest.  I get rid of them that way and my blade count stays the same.

[mrpink]

a local guy here in town charges $7.50 per blade. turn around time is is less then a week if your in no hurry. can be done in a couple of days if you are in a hurry.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Yup, just put the broken ones in the box with the rest.  I get rid of them that way and my blade count stays the same.

I have learned something new this evening. Tomorrow, I will go to the land fill and see if they will dig up my old blades from the last 14 months.  :D

Thanks Magic

[steamsawyer]

Hey David,

Next time you break a blade, double it over and break it in the middle again.
that way you might get two back in the return mail.  :D :D :D

Alan

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

Hey David,

Next time you break a blade, double it over and break it in the middle again.
that way you might get two back in the return mail.  :D :D :D

Alan

I can see I'm gonna need a BIGGER shipping box.  :D

[losttheplot]

$13 CDN     :(

[Jim_Rogers]

MM: why are you sending in only ten, I use the flat box and send in 15.

[vfauto]

10 blades to WM Resharp cost $102.88 which includes shipping both ways.  The cost for sharpening only is $7.00 per blade.

If I have a rejected blade that is replaced then subtract the $7.00 for sharpening and add 18.90 for a new replacement blade.  I normally have one or two rejects, which are usually broken blades.

Does that include cleaning and setting also?

[bandmiller2]

I only sharpen for local guys and get anywhere from $6.00 to $7.50 depending on legnth and quantity. Frank C.

[Riggs]

I have mine done locally, $5 each.

[vfauto]

I have mine done locally, $5 each.

Does that include cleanning and setting also?

[Riggs]

I have mine done locally, $5 each.

Does that include cleanning and setting also?

I usually clean mine as a courtesy before I take them. He sharpens and sets them. On a side note, my blades are only 144" not like the bigger ones most of these guys use. I would guess that the length figures in on cost.

[swampbuggy]

I called WM today to get some sharpening done. They only do WM bands so that their sharpener has the right gullet shape. I have both WM and Norwood blades :( guess its time for a new purchase..

[backwoods sawyer]

I do my own sharpening. I have both the old style woodmizer sharpener and a Cooks sharpener with a duel tooth setter. It takes a couple hours to run thru and set and sharpen 10 saw. A while back I was having trouble getting sharpening stones from Cooks saw, so in my searching I found a company called Diagrind in Clare Ireland. They make CBN sharpening stones that will fit most all the brand name sharpening equipment. You need to specify wet or dry sharpening. Since I have a small shop and sparks are a concern I use a woodmizer pan and pump on the Cooks sharpener to wet the wheel.
I bought a box of new saws $340 and a grinding wheel (close to $100) for the Cooks sharpener.  I resharpened most of that box a dozen times. A couple were damaged beyond repair.  I got about 100 sharpening out of the one stone. What I found was that the stone was very cool running and produced very nice crisp corners when viewed under magnification. I got real good run times out of all the saws.
Add in a couple hour to sharpen 10 saw for about 20 hours total. That would bring my per use cost to about $8.50 and per sharpening to $5.00 if I got paid to sharpen saws, but since I don't that brings it down to $1.00 per sharpening.
Now I am using the CBN wheels on both sharpeners with excellent results. I cut close to 3,000 bft of Oak yesterday using one saw and it was not showing any signs of being ready to change.
These wheels have helped my bottom line.


 

[customsawyer]

If you sharpen your own blades get one of those CBN wheels. You won't be disappointed. Don't ask how I know.

[Magicman]

10 blades to WM Resharp cost $102.88 which includes shipping both ways.  The cost for sharpening only is $7.00 per blade.

Does that include cleaning and setting also? 

Yes, that is the total cost.  MM

[Magicman]

MM: why are you sending in only ten, I use the flat box and send in 15. 

DanG if I know.  My blades came in flat boxes of 10 each.  I sent them to Resharp in that flat box and they came back in a cube.

I am OK with the cubes, especially since I do not have any flat boxes anyway.  Also, my storage is better suited for cubes.

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

MM: why are you sending in only ten, I use the flat box and send in 15. 

DanG if I know.  My blades came in flat boxes of 10 each.  I sent them to Resharp in that flat box and they came back in a cube.

I am OK with the cubes, especially since I do not have any flat boxes anyway.  Also, my storage is better suited for cubes.

I wish my new blades came in a cube, but I'll take the flat box. I think the flat box is easier for FED-EX.

[Jim_Rogers]

10 in a flat box. That's probably because of the blade your getting.

I get 15 in my flat box. But that's probably because of the 1 1/4" blade that I'm getting.

I send out in a flat and they come back in a flat. But I carry them to job sites in a cube, sometimes both.

Jim Rogers

[Magicman]

 ???  I don't know.  1¼" 10° blades.

[customsawyer]

If you go to the 1 ¾" blades they come 8 in a box. I think it has to do with the weight for shipping. ;)