What does it cost to get circular saw blades sharpened?

[Beau]

Just wonderd what the going rate is. Also same question for planer knives.

Thanks

 

[custard]

TCT saw blades are priced by the tooth, for a typical 48 tooth blade you'll find prices down as low as a £8-10, I use Leitz where it's about £14.

If you try an interim touch up on the blade yourself they inevitably spot it, sneer at your efforts, and then charge you more.

 

[skipdiver]

How long is a piece of string? The company that does mine has a sort of price list but it depends on amount of teeth, whether any need re-tipping and whether they need a hard grind or a normal grind, so i never actually know until they bring them back and give me the bill. I would have to dig out receipts to know for sure.

 

[mikefab]

Just wonderd what the going rate is. Also same question for planer knives.

Thanks

Off the top of my head I think I pay 30p per inch for planer knives. I think that when I got a 48 tooth plunge saw blade sharpened it was about a tenner, the cost is per tooth with a minimum charge per blade.

Just had a quick search online which confirms my memory was correct. I didn't use these guys but prices have been fairly standard between the services I have used and investigated.

http://www.prosharp.co.uk/services.asp?c=s

I leave my blades with the tool department of my local builders merchants and there is a weekly collection.

Mike

 

[Steve Maskery]

I've just had my 12" 80T Bosch blade sharpened. It cost me £21-something. Serves me right for using it to cut laminate flooring - knackered in an instant.
That price was via a local agent, one week service, Thursday to Thursday (so if you miss the collection you might have to wait 2 weeks). So a couple of quid or so will go to the agent (local ironmongers), but it beats a one-and-a-half-hour round trip to the saw dentist in person (twice).

 

[Beau]

Thanks chaps.

Toying with the idea of going into the sharpening business myself so useful to gauge what people are paying.

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

For those interested in avoiding that cost, I recently did my 80 tooth TCT with a tapered diamond file and was pleasantly surprised at how fast it refreshed the surfaces of the teeth. It really doesn't take very long and it cut like new afterwards, well worth a try.

 

[wallace]

I'm really stingy and it costs a bit to get my 18" planer blades done. I just bought a grinding machine that does my chisels, planer blades, gouges and even has a stropping wheel. Any excuse to buy another wadkin I do have a grinder for doing saw blades but I have a bit missing for mounting the blade.

 

[MattRoberts]

I sharpen mine myself with a dremel and a Jig. Served me well so far

 

[Selwyn]

Any demos out there for self sharpening blades?

 

[lurker]

Obviously I am in a lower league

Freud blades cost around £28
I have best and then it gets demoted to 2nd best for cutting wood that might contain nails
Only thing I have ever done is clean off the gunge
Can't see the point in getting them sharpened at that price.

Something I have observed several times and I have been meaning to ask...........
I saw up a lot of reclaimed wood
Useing a less than sharp blade I have hit nails etc and the blade noticably improves (becomes more sharp).
Why?

 

[Beau]

Obviously I am in a lower league

Freud blades cost around £28
I have best and then it gets demoted to 2nd best for cutting wood that might contain nails
Only thing I have ever done is clean off the gunge
Can't see the point in getting them sharpened at that price.

Something I have observed several times and I have been meaning to ask...........
I saw up a lot of reclaimed wood
Useing a less than sharp blade I have hit nails etc and the blade noticably improves (becomes more sharp).
Why?

Unless a sharpen is expensive as a new blade surly it is worth it. A well sharpened blade is as good as a new one.

 

[lurker]

Obviously I am in a lower league

Freud blades cost around £28
I have best and then it gets demoted to 2nd best for cutting wood that might contain nails
Only thing I have ever done is clean off the gunge
Can't see the point in getting them sharpened at that price.

Something I have observed several times and I have been meaning to ask...........
I saw up a lot of reclaimed wood
Useing a less than sharp blade I have hit nails etc and the blade noticably improves (becomes more sharp).
Why?

Unless a sharpen is expensive as a new blade surly it is worth it. A well sharpened blade is as good as a new one.

I agree
But some of us are time poor
The hassle of sending it away (or even taking it to a saw doctor) needs factoring in.
When I am retired and time costs nothing, I might well follow random Bobs advice

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

The thing that struck me when I first diamond filed my table saw blade was just how quick it was. It was easily faster than the time it would have taken me to demount the blade, drive to my local saw doctor (about 5 miles away), deposit and return. Given that there's no cost involved aside from the capital cost of the file in the first place it's become my go to method now. I don't employ any jig or power, literally about 2-3 passes by hand on each tooth, being careful to match the tooth angle which comes pretty quick once you've done a few. Bottom line, it is so straightforward that, to me at least, anything else just complicates it and adds to the time needed to get the job done. My goal being to get back to cutting.

But the difference when cutting oak between a blunt and sharp blade is the difference between having a burnt finish and not.