Does anyone have any recommendations for a good blade sharpeing
service. The only local place I've found sends their blades out
anyway, so I'd just a soon mail it out, that would actually make it
easier on me.

Forrest does a superb job and will retrue the blade if you request this.


"Doug" wrote in message
oups.com...
Does anyone have any recommendations for a good blade sharpeing
service. The only local place I've found sends their blades out
anyway, so I'd just a soon mail it out, that would actually make it
easier on me.

Doug wrote:
Does anyone have any recommendations for a good blade sharpeing
service. The only local place I've found sends their blades out
anyway, so I'd just a soon mail it out, that would actually make it
easier on me.

Send them out, it will be the best way.

Leon wrote:

Forrest does a superb job and will retrue the blade if you request this.

And they'll sharpen anything. Even a Soopasuck Lameblade.

Haven't used them, just regurgitating ambient knowledge. People say stuff
comes back almost as good as a big dollar Forrest blade, and they're
extremely reasonable about everything. I plan to send all my blades in
that direction One Of These Days(tm).

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"Silvan" wrote in message
...
Leon wrote:

Forrest does a superb job and will retrue the blade if you request this.

And they'll sharpen anything. Even a Soopasuck Lameblade.

Haven't used them, just regurgitating ambient knowledge. People say stuff
comes back almost as good as a big dollar Forrest blade, and they're
extremely reasonable about everything. I plan to send all my blades in
that direction One Of These Days(tm).


I though I had a good service in Houston, all computer automated, but 2
weeks after using them I was dissatisfied with the results and sent the
Forrest blade to Forrest. It came back like new.

If you want to send it out, this company is highly recommended on the
net. I have no affiliation to them other than as a satisfied customer.
http://www.cookessharpening.com/

"Silvan" wrote in message
...
Leon wrote:

Forrest does a superb job and will retrue the blade if you request this.

And they'll sharpen anything. Even a Soopasuck Lameblade.

Haven't used them, just regurgitating ambient knowledge. People say stuff
comes back almost as good as a big dollar Forrest blade, and they're
extremely reasonable about everything. I plan to send all my blades in
that direction One Of These Days(tm).

Just as soon as you get a "round tuit", right?

--
Nahmie
Those on the cutting edge bleed a lot.

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 09:45:51 -0500, Silvan
wrote:


Haven't used them, just regurgitating ambient knowledge.

Wow... you've compacted paragraphs into that sentence... well done!

Over the years, I've found myself giving folks advice, some very
technical, on stuff i've never done... mostly on trucks so far, as
I've been in those NGs the longest...
It's like you become a walking FAQ by reading so many posts on the
different subjects.. *g*



mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

"Leon" wrote in message
m...
Forrest does a superb job and will retrue the blade if you request this.



I agree. I've sent many saw blades in and they do a great job. They
flattened some of the "other" blades I sent without asking and without
charge.

Bryan

"Doug" wrote in message
oups.com...
Does anyone have any recommendations for a good blade sharpeing
service. The only local place I've found sends their blades out
anyway, so I'd just a soon mail it out, that would actually make it
easier on me.


Ridge Carbide Tools. They do have a web site with all the costs and how
best to ship. They do router bits also. They did a couple of blades for me
and the DeWalt came back better than news.

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:17:57 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:


Ridge Carbide Tools. They do have a web site with all the costs and how
best to ship. They do router bits also. They did a couple of blades for me
and the DeWalt came back better than news.

I've found that any blade or cutter I've sent to a good sharpening
shop, including jointer and planer knives, seem to come back better
than new.

The only exception is my Forrest stuff. They seem to come sharpened
better than many others.

Barry

mac davis wrote:

Haven't used them, just regurgitating ambient knowledge.

Wow... you've compacted paragraphs into that sentence... well done!

Over the years, I've found myself giving folks advice, some very
technical, on stuff i've never done... mostly on trucks so far, as
I've been in those NGs the longest...
It's like you become a walking FAQ by reading so many posts on the
different subjects.. *g*

Secret to the Silvan(tm) Success Story, really. It's an interesting
phenomenon, but I suppose I had best save musing on it for another day.

--
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Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/

Norman D. Crow wrote:

extremely reasonable about everything. I plan to send all my blades in
that direction One Of These Days(tm).

Just as soon as you get a "round tuit", right?

I was gonna buy some round tuits, but I never got around to it.

--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
http://rosegarden.sourceforge.net/tutorial/

CNC grinding machines, as you found out, don't ensure a good product. If you
program them or set them up to produce crap, they will produce the most
perfect crap imaginable and do it time after time.

"Leon" wrote in message
m...

I though I had a good service in Houston, all computer automated, but 2
weeks after using them I was dissatisfied with the results and sent the
Forrest blade to Forrest. It came back like new.

"CW" wrote in message
...
CNC grinding machines, as you found out, don't ensure a good product. If
you
program them or set them up to produce crap, they will produce the most
perfect crap imaginable and do it time after time.


Well the job was not a bad one, it just did not compare to the new Forrest
blade that I had just bought. So I sent the older Forrest back to Forrest.
Also, Forrest will retrue the blade. My local service does not do this.
But I agree, like a PC, the information going in determines the quality of
the information coming out.

Amen!! Been a machinist for 35 yrs. Just like anything else, if the person
behind the tool isn't paying attention, you get crap. Old tools or
state-of-the-art.

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 23:45:35 -0800, CW wrote:
CNC grinding machines, as you found out, don't ensure a good product. If you
program them or set them up to produce crap, they will produce the most
perfect crap imaginable and do it time after time.

"Leon" wrote in message
m...

I though I had a good service in Houston, all computer automated, but 2
weeks after using them I was dissatisfied with the results and sent the
Forrest blade to Forrest. It came back like new.





Had an interesting experience back when I used to do receiving
inspection *COUGHS* years ago.

We had two machined parts come in from two different vendors.

From vendor A, some parts were PERFECT. Some parts were a bit off. All
were within tolerence. Pretty good for a run of a thousand pieces.

Vendor B, the first piece was .003 short in the longest dimension, with
similar shortfalls in all the other dimensions.

So was the second piece, the third . . .

Within the tolerence I could measure, all the pieces were identical.

Weird.

"Charles Krug" wrote in message
...
Vendor B, the first piece was .003 short in the longest dimension, with
similar shortfalls in all the other dimensions.

So was the second piece, the third . . .

Within the tolerence I could measure, all the pieces were identical.

Weird.


Cutter comp. Slap the operator.