After thoroughly dulling a brand new 1/2" 3tpi Timber Wolfe bandsaw blade
(resawing green oak firewood) I searched for a DIY way to resharpen it.
I found this by the woodgears guy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wht-30Oh4zQ

That got me looking around for a cheap source for small grinding attachments for
my very old dremel.

I'd seen these before in the Grizzly catalog and actually thought about ordering
a set last year. I'm glad I didn't.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Asso...0-pc-Set/H1424

HF has what appears to be the EXACT same Chinese/Taiwanese 50 piece set - almost
66% cheaper!
http://www.harborfreight.com/50-piec...set-36252.html

These would probably do me just fine though.
http://www.harborfreight.com/5-piece...scs-31501.html

Has anyone had success resharpening bandsaw blades?

Buy a new blade.

How did you dull it. My TW blades don't dull that easily. Not unless I
hit metal in the wood...

As a matter of Fact today I had a Carter blade on resawing 5" hard
maple. It wouldn't cut easily. Put my TW on, and it cut like butter.
Love that blade.

On 5/2/2012 5:33 PM, Spalted Walt wrote:

After thoroughly dulling a brand new 1/2" 3tpi Timber Wolfe bandsaw blade
(resawing green oak firewood) I searched for a DIY way to resharpen it.
I found this by the woodgears guy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wht-30Oh4zQ

That got me looking around for a cheap source for small grinding attachments for
my very old dremel.

I'd seen these before in the Grizzly catalog and actually thought about ordering
a set last year. I'm glad I didn't.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Asso...0-pc-Set/H1424

HF has what appears to be the EXACT same Chinese/Taiwanese 50 piece set - almost
66% cheaper!
http://www.harborfreight.com/50-piec...set-36252.html

These would probably do me just fine though.
http://www.harborfreight.com/5-piece...scs-31501.html

Has anyone had success resharpening bandsaw blades?

Spalted Walt wrote:
After thoroughly dulling a brand new 1/2" 3tpi Timber Wolfe bandsaw
blade (resawing green oak firewood) I searched for a DIY way to
resharpen it.
I found this by the woodgears guy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wht-30Oh4zQ

That got me looking around for a cheap source for small grinding
attachments for my very old dremel.

I'd seen these before in the Grizzly catalog and actually thought
about ordering a set last year. I'm glad I didn't.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Asso...0-pc-Set/H1424

HF has what appears to be the EXACT same Chinese/Taiwanese 50 piece
set - almost 66% cheaper!
http://www.harborfreight.com/50-piec...set-36252.html

These would probably do me just fine though.
http://www.harborfreight.com/5-piece...scs-31501.html

Has anyone had success resharpening bandsaw blades?

Nope - never tried it. But... you do bring my curiosity to a bit of a peak.
Why would you use a bandsaw on firewood? Maybe it's all in what we consider
firewood, but in my world it's split chunks, and a bandsaw would never be
considered as one of the tools. Must be the devinition of firewood is
different for you?

To add a point that you did not specifically ask about - and maybe off the
mark some, but I do own a HF chain saw sharpener. It costs a fraction of
the name brand sharpeners, and it works like a champ. I generally sharpen
my chains with a file in the field, but there are times to bring it into the
garage and reset the cutters. When that time comes, this thing works great.

Different than a bandsaw question, I realize... but if that adds any
insight, then there it is.

--

-Mike-

Spalted Walt wrote:

I'd seen these before in the Grizzly catalog and actually thought
about ordering a set last year. I'm glad I didn't.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Asso...0-pc-Set/H1424

HF has what appears to be the EXACT same Chinese/Taiwanese 50 piece
set - almost 66% cheaper!
http://www.harborfreight.com/50-piec...set-36252.html

Look closely. You'll see that the bits are arranged differently in the two
products.

The arrangement evidently makes the Grizzly set all the better and worth
triple the money.

On 5/2/2012 5:33 PM, Spalted Walt wrote:

After thoroughly dulling a brand new 1/2" 3tpi Timber Wolfe bandsaw blade
(resawing green oak firewood) I searched for a DIY way to resharpen it.
I found this by the woodgears guy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wht-30Oh4zQ

That got me looking around for a cheap source for small grinding attachments for
my very old dremel.

I'd seen these before in the Grizzly catalog and actually thought about ordering
a set last year. I'm glad I didn't.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Asso...0-pc-Set/H1424

HF has what appears to be the EXACT same Chinese/Taiwanese 50 piece set - almost
66% cheaper!
http://www.harborfreight.com/50-piec...set-36252.html

These would probably do me just fine though.
http://www.harborfreight.com/5-piece...scs-31501.html

Has anyone had success resharpening bandsaw blades?



How much can a new 1/2" blade possibly cost? How long is it?

HeyBub wrote:
Spalted Walt wrote:

I'd seen these before in the Grizzly catalog and actually thought
about ordering a set last year. I'm glad I didn't.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Asso...0-pc-Set/H1424

HF has what appears to be the EXACT same Chinese/Taiwanese 50 piece
set - almost 66% cheaper!
http://www.harborfreight.com/50-piec...set-36252.html

Look closely. You'll see that the bits are arranged differently in
the two products.

The arrangement evidently makes the Grizzly set all the better and
worth triple the money.

Yeah!

--

-Mike-

On Wed, 2 May 2012 17:44:26 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
wrote:

Spalted Walt wrote:
After thoroughly dulling a brand new 1/2" 3tpi Timber Wolfe bandsaw
blade (resawing green oak firewood) I searched for a DIY way to
resharpen it.
I found this by the woodgears guy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wht-30Oh4zQ

That got me looking around for a cheap source for small grinding
attachments for my very old dremel.

I'd seen these before in the Grizzly catalog and actually thought
about ordering a set last year. I'm glad I didn't.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Asso...0-pc-Set/H1424

HF has what appears to be the EXACT same Chinese/Taiwanese 50 piece
set - almost 66% cheaper!
http://www.harborfreight.com/50-piec...set-36252.html

These would probably do me just fine though.
http://www.harborfreight.com/5-piece...scs-31501.html

Has anyone had success resharpening bandsaw blades?

Nope - never tried it. But... you do bring my curiosity to a bit of a peak.
Why would you use a bandsaw on firewood? Maybe it's all in what we consider
firewood, but in my world it's split chunks, and a bandsaw would never be
considered as one of the tools. Must be the devinition of firewood is
different for you?

Actually, I guess re-purposed firewood would be a more correct term. I had some
red oaks cut down and I split the majority of them up into firewood. I sawed
(chain saw) 6 pieces of the trunks that were straight and limb-free, from 18"
to 22" in diameter, into 22" to 24" lengths. I then quartered those with my log
splitter, making them into "split chunks"? g

I got the idea of how to go about resawing them on my bandsaw from this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46f4pV8SMRk

He's milling round logs (mine were quartered and shorter) and he's using a much
larger bandsaw.
I cut a piece 1/2" scrap ply, 25" X 9", drilled a series of holes through the
ply and ran 1.25" dry wall screws through the ply into the sapwood near the bark
of the firewood. It worked surprisingly well! Except it dulled the heck of the
Timber Wolfe blade after about 15 cuts.

There are other variations of resawing firewood out the
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW3iFOzKl3E

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skuzw7_G53A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIhLxnb_S0E


To add a point that you did not specifically ask about - and maybe off the
mark some, but I do own a HF chain saw sharpener. It costs a fraction of
the name brand sharpeners, and it works like a champ. I generally sharpen
my chains with a file in the field, but there are times to bring it into the
garage and reset the cutters. When that time comes, this thing works great.

Yea, years ago (2006?) I was in the market for a saw chain sharpener and looked
at the HF model. It must have been their 'first generation' model because they
were not as beefy as their current offering. I ended up buying this Oregon clone
instead:

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/too...7449_200327449

I think I only paid like $80 for it back then though.

Different than a bandsaw question, I realize... but if that adds any
insight, then there it is.

On Wed, 02 May 2012 20:47:32 -0400, Duesenberg wrote:

On 5/2/2012 5:33 PM, Spalted Walt wrote:

After thoroughly dulling a brand new 1/2" 3tpi Timber Wolfe bandsaw blade
(resawing green oak firewood) I searched for a DIY way to resharpen it.
I found this by the woodgears guy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wht-30Oh4zQ

That got me looking around for a cheap source for small grinding attachments for
my very old dremel.

I'd seen these before in the Grizzly catalog and actually thought about ordering
a set last year. I'm glad I didn't.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Asso...0-pc-Set/H1424

HF has what appears to be the EXACT same Chinese/Taiwanese 50 piece set - almost
66% cheaper!
http://www.harborfreight.com/50-piec...set-36252.html

These would probably do me just fine though.
http://www.harborfreight.com/5-piece...scs-31501.html

Has anyone had success resharpening bandsaw blades?



How much can a new 1/2" blade possibly cost? How long is it?

It's 105". I think I paid 35$ with tax at my local Woodcraft. It was not meant
to be used for resawing green wood however.

On Wed, 02 May 2012 17:43:50 -0400, tiredofspam nospam.nospam.com wrote:

Buy a new blade.

I did. An $11 1/2" 2tpi .032" thick from woodcraftbands.com
It's not listed on their website but the fellow I talked to said they make them
and he highly reccomended I try that on green wood instead of the 1/2" 3tpi
..025" thick blade that I was going to order from them. It worked great.

How did you dull it.

By sawing green wood.

My TW blades don't dull that easily. Not unless I
hit metal in the wood...

As a matter of Fact today I had a Carter blade on resawing 5" hard
maple. It wouldn't cut easily. Put my TW on, and it cut like butter.
Love that blade.

On 5/2/2012 5:33 PM, Spalted Walt wrote:

After thoroughly dulling a brand new 1/2" 3tpi Timber Wolfe bandsaw blade
(resawing green oak firewood) I searched for a DIY way to resharpen it.
I found this by the woodgears guy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wht-30Oh4zQ

That got me looking around for a cheap source for small grinding attachments for
my very old dremel.

I'd seen these before in the Grizzly catalog and actually thought about ordering
a set last year. I'm glad I didn't.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Asso...0-pc-Set/H1424

HF has what appears to be the EXACT same Chinese/Taiwanese 50 piece set - almost
66% cheaper!
http://www.harborfreight.com/50-piec...set-36252.html

These would probably do me just fine though.
http://www.harborfreight.com/5-piece...scs-31501.html

Has anyone had success resharpening bandsaw blades?

On 5/2/2012 10:35 PM, Spalted Walt wrote:
On Wed, 02 May 2012 17:43:50 -0400, tiredofspamnospam.nospam.com wrote:

Buy a new blade.

I did. An $11 1/2" 2tpi .032" thick from woodcraftbands.com
It's not listed on their website but the fellow I talked to said they make them
and he highly reccomended I try that on green wood instead of the 1/2" 3tpi
.025" thick blade that I was going to order from them. It worked great.

How did you dull it.

By sawing green wood.
I don't understand. I have sawed green wood many times.
It's actually not bad on the blades. Green wood cuts pretty easy since
it is not hardened.

I keep calling the Olson Carter since TWC used to bundle carter and
olson products on a deal.



My TW blades don't dull that easily. Not unless I
hit metal in the wood...

As a matter of Fact today I had a Carter blade on resawing 5" hard
maple. It wouldn't cut easily. Put my TW on, and it cut like butter.
Love that blade.

On 5/2/2012 5:33 PM, Spalted Walt wrote:

After thoroughly dulling a brand new 1/2" 3tpi Timber Wolfe bandsaw blade
(resawing green oak firewood) I searched for a DIY way to resharpen it.
I found this by the woodgears guy... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wht-30Oh4zQ

That got me looking around for a cheap source for small grinding attachments for
my very old dremel.

I'd seen these before in the Grizzly catalog and actually thought about ordering
a set last year. I'm glad I didn't.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Asso...0-pc-Set/H1424

HF has what appears to be the EXACT same Chinese/Taiwanese 50 piece set - almost
66% cheaper!
http://www.harborfreight.com/50-piec...set-36252.html

These would probably do me just fine though.
http://www.harborfreight.com/5-piece...scs-31501.html

Has anyone had success resharpening bandsaw blades?