Dremel + Al Oxide Grinding Stone + Steady Hands = Sharp Blade?

[Deese]

I've decided to suck it up and buy a sharpener...for one thing--I don't hardly have time to saw logs with a 7 month old little man needing my attention every second I get.
Who am I kidding? There just aren't enough hours in a day...
I'll use a resharp service until I am ready for the sharpener.
Might be sooner than later, since I am about to cut 10+ big pine logs that are coming off my boss's property  ;D  might be ordering one next week ;)

[pineywoods]

A dremel is a poor choice for bandsaw blades. Somewhere I saw a jig setup to use a bench grinder with a thin wheel. If you get into do it yourself sharpening, at least build yourself one of these to do the setting. Works well, just a bit slow. Set is just as important as sharp.
click here.
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,50749.msg732898.html#msg732898

[Deese]

A dremel is a poor choice for bandsaw blades. Somewhere I saw a jig setup to use a bench grinder with a thin wheel. If you get into do it yourself sharpening, at least build yourself one of these to do the setting. Works well, just a bit slow. Set is just as important as sharp.
click here.
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,50749.msg732898.html#msg732898

Thanks pineywoods. I found this link the other day while browsing through the forum. I will definitely be making one of these in the shop over the weekend (if I can find some scrap angle iron laying around here somewhere). Some setters claim to flatten the blade, thus removing blade deflection...This should pretty much do the same thing as long as your angle iron is nice and smooth, right?

[Nomad]

     Deese, just out of curiosity what setter claims to flatten the blade?  It's one I've never heard of.

[bandmiller2]

Deese, it seems mills and sawyers like one brand of band better than outhers you won't know until you try several.A new sharp band will cut a lot of wood in fact it would be worth wile to use a band until dull and hang it on the wall and save it until you get a sharpener.Your probably close to Cooks may be worthwile to visit them and look at their sharpening equipment. Frank C.

[Magicman]

Actually Deese is very close to Dothan, Al. 

[Deese]

     Deese, just out of curiosity what setter claims to flatten the blade?  It's one I've never heard of.

http://www.cooksaw.com/setters/single-tooth-setter.html

It claims to "remove blade deflection"
I guess the piney woods setter would do the same since it is clamped tightly...

And yes, Dothan is about an hour and a half from my house.

[Deese]

I was just reading through this older thread I started a few months ago on blade sharpening and my last post stated that Cook's single tooth setter claims to "remove blade deflection". This is totally false. I was confused with some type of blade roller that they offer. My apologies  :-[ :-[ :-[

Also, this thread is a great example of someone (ME) that initially had no idea about blade sharpening and how much there is to learn. It's funny looking back and reading how easy I thought it would be :D

[Deese]

And again, thanks to all of you who gave me your input into the matter. Which brings up another point---this is also a great example of how this forum and its members can be so patient/tolerant of folks like me who thought they knew it all. I could have easily been scoffed at, but instead received friendly advice.

Have a great weekend everyone

[roghair]

For me in The Netherlands a resharp service is as expensive as new blades so I built both a setter and a sharpener. They work fine for me but as said by others as well, take the time and concentration to do it. In the clip on the sharpener you can see I had to change the cam slightly because in the middle of the gullet the touch was to light. I am a hobby sawyer so I can spent some time on it, but for a pro, a resharp service is probably the best option.
Setter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP5AE_2M-mI

Sharpener:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qorfoH2lwAw

[roghair]

I replied to an old post :( That happens at 1:30am.
I see you bought a sharpener and a setter: good choice!

[two-legged-sawmill]

Hello Happy Camper and the many other Posters. Many very good comments and to each your own likeing! Now i have to agree with Happy Camper and the Foresters, there is a very narrow window in sharpening.The point of the tooth does all the cutting, when you get the point sharp stop filing or grinding, thats the secret. Back when the Ross bandmill came out in the 70's there were no sharpeners for the narrow bands. Running a file one stroke by the tooth would do the trick. Most wait to long before sharpening and then too much metal needs to  be removed, it is a trait achieved through by doing! Today it is easier and less time consuming to get them resharpen if your in the right location.  Keep on Milling!

[bushhog920]

I got a norwood manual sharpener that uses a dremel mounted on it and a hand crank to move everything. It sucks takes a hour and was still not very sharp. $1600 for a cooks was well worth it.