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Bandsaw sharpening

SamirCanada - 12-21-2012 at 05:43 AM

fellow oud makers,
this is probably the most eye opening thing I have seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UygEQ-079Ws

bulerias1981 - 12-26-2012 at 10:51 PM

Amazing difference. I'm going to try this. Wish I had a bandsaw that nice!

Microber - 12-27-2012 at 08:25 AM

If I had a bandsaw
I'd saw in the morning,
I'd saw in the evening,
nanana... my brothers and my sisters...
:cool:

SamirCanada - 12-27-2012 at 08:45 AM

I tried it with great results John.
I was just about ready to throw out my blade when I youtubed this and it saved me lots of money.

just as in the video my saw cuts way better than brand new. I am making an indian rosewood oud right now and I was able to cut through 4 inches of it to make the neck blank with no problem.

Also, if you dont already have one of these, get one: its amazing
http://www.amazon.com/Big-Horn-14330-Tension-Crank/dp/B001C4UOVS


jdowning - 12-27-2012 at 11:56 AM

I like the method using a Dremel tool to grind both gullet and top of the tooth (in one movement) as there is less chance of grinding too much material away as there might be using a bench grinder. The advantage is that the blade is sharpened in the bandsaw - no need to remove it - so a fast method.

I haven't tried it yet but will give it a shot to assess the effectiveness of the method. Will be interesting to see how many repeat sharpenings I can get out of a blade before all tooth 'set' is ground away.
The teeth are ground straight across i.e. like a rip saw - more efficient for resaw work than a cross cut ground blade - but still OK for cross cutting. I sharpen all of my hand saws with rip tooth profile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_akVVJo3G0M