"Joe Bleau" wrote in message
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Saying that there was a chipped tooth was my typo. What I meant to
say was that I had noted NO chipped teeth.
The best way to guard against this is to simply mark each tooth with a
permanent marker. If you have an obvious chipped tooth you will see it and
who ever sharpens the tooth will also notice that each tooth has been
inspected and marked.
Of course, there are
things in these blades that professionals can see that the user might
miss and I am willing to give Forrest the benefit of the doubt on
things like chipped teeth.
And, you did not seem to have a complaint with the quality of work.
Your quasi attack on me and your spirited defense of Forrest seems
rather curious since I wasn't attacking Forrest but just seeking a
solution to my problems in dealing with them.
I was not so much attacking you as much as trying to understand what your
true complaint was. You stated,
"Now it seems that every time I send one or two of them to Forrest for
resharpening I get really terrible service. "
That sounded more like a attack on Forrest.
Fact is that when you send a blade off to Forrest for sharpening it most
always seems to
cost from $30 to $50 each.
Have you sent any blades UPS to any one else and compared total cost?
Unless you personally make the delivery the S&H is going to cost $10 to 15.
If I could find a blade that was almost as good as a Forrest for $60 or $70
I would probably switch and just
forget resharpening as there is not only the shipping charges and the
Forrest charges but there is the time I have to spend packaging them
up and getting them to UPS.
Seems to me that even if you did find a blade as good as a Forrest for $60
to $70 it would still be more expensive. $60 to $70 for a one use blade vs.
a $30 to $50 sharpening is till way more expensive. And if you feel your
time is more valuable than that to send a blade out for resharpening then
your interpretation of Forrest Service is not what is at issue here.
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The reason for my posting was to ask my fellow woodworkers what sort
of experiences they had had and what solutions they had found. The
first responder, Robatoy, gave a very helpful and well thought-out
response in the true spirit of this group which I thought was a place
where woodworkers shared ideas and solutions to problems they
encountered (
IIRC Robatoy makes his living selling and installing counter tops. His
experience with a blade manufacturer that may target his industry may not be
the same as one that targets and services the woodworking industry. I will
agree that Robatoy makes generous contributions to this group.
for the most part that is exactly what occurs here) and
not a site for one individual to try to ridicule or deprecate
another..
I agree but again when you post starts off with
"Now it seems that every time I send one or two of them to Forrest for
resharpening I get really terrible service. "
You may be complaining to me about your own way of posting.
You never told us what kind of terrible service you received and only
complained about Forrest charging more than you want to pay and selling you
repairs that they felt that your blades needed.
Now if you are simply looking for a cheaper service and do not really have a
problem with the Forrest sharpenings that you get may I tell you that up
until the summer of 2003 I always used a local sharpening service in
Houston. I have used this service since the late 80's. Their equipment is
computer operated and state of the art. The machines will recognize your
blade if it has been in their shop and it knows what kind of grind to put on
that particular blade. Plus IIRC they offer grinding up to 600 grit. I
took my Forrest for the first time to them and let them have a go at
resharpening it. I will admit in the past that I have been very pleased
with their work and the Forrest blade did come back much sharper as it
required much less effort to cut wood but the quality of cut was worse than
before they sharpened the blade. I was going to live with it for a while as
I had $24 invested in the resharpening. As luck would have it I tried to
tilt the blade on my saw with the blade raised through a zero clearance
insert. Then the blade really had a bad quality cut. I immediately ordered
a new Forrest AND sent this one to Forrest for another sharpening and a
"Tune up". I did pay Forrest $42 for straightening, sharpening, test
cutting and return shipping in addition to me shipping the blade to them.
When I got the blade back 3 week later it cut as good as the new blade.
Forrest brought the blade back to like new cutting condition.
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