Where are you getting your knives sharpened?

chip5774 · November 21, 2023, 07:46:57 AM

Wondering if anyone has a consistent reliable source to get corrugated back profile knives sharpened? I live in upper Mi and can't seem to find anyone that is any good at sharpening or will even sharpen profile corrugated back knives. I would put them in the mail if someone has a good source any info would be great thanks

beenthere · November 21, 2023, 11:07:08 AM

Possibility, to check out.

https://ctsaw.com/sharpening-service/

KcMatt · November 25, 2023, 07:39:41 PM

Superior Grinding in Raytown MO has a wide array of capabilities. They do sharpen band mill blades and also build them. If they are near you it would be worth checking out.

scsmith42 · November 26, 2023, 11:51:22 AM

W. Moore profiles in Mooresville, NC makes my corrugated profile cutters and can sharpen them as well. Great folks. They also have a branch in NY state.

Brad_bb · November 26, 2023, 02:27:03 PM

I don't know what those are, but I send all my planer knives on my beam planer to Jorsen and Carlson in IL.
Jorsen & Carlson
I rotate through 12 sets of HSS planer knives on my beam planer. The first 4 sets I got from Woodmizer, but when I couldn't get more from them, I found Jorsen and they made 8 more sets for me. They sharpen a lot of stuff.

beenthere · November 26, 2023, 04:35:21 PM

QuoteWondering if anyone has a consistent reliable source to get corrugated back profile knives sharpened?

Pic of a corrugated back profile knife from the link in reply #1.

customsawyer · November 27, 2023, 08:05:33 AM

I send mine to Joe Maine with ICT. It does help that he comes by about once a month and I just hand them to him and he mails them or brings them next month. If you mail them be sure to send the template with them.

Brad_bb · November 27, 2023, 10:01:03 AM

I'll assume it's a high speed steel knife? How do they sharpen one of those without messing up the shape? Is it a stone that follow a path like how they cut keys?

scsmith42 · November 28, 2023, 09:06:02 AM

Brad, when you buy the knives they include a plastic profile block for sharpening. The profile block snaps into the sharpening machine and it follows the profile.

If I didn't have an established relationship with W. Moore Profiles, then Joe Maine at ICT would be my next choice.

Larry · November 28, 2023, 09:50:02 PM

A corrugated knife front and back with the plastic pattern. I used to do a lot of custom moldings and would fax a drawing off to my knife guy and could get the knives with the pattern the next day if the customer agreed to pay overnight shipping. My knife guy worked out of his house and has retired.

Corrugated knife steel can be bought and its not that hard to grind out a profile on a standard bench grinder. Of course you will need an assortment of rocks. I never sent knives back in to be resharpened unless I had to have a exact match on a existing profile.