Can someone explain how to sharpen carbide tipped 10" table saw blades?
I have a grinder and a Dremel tool, and I would like to sharpen my blade myself. Please indicate if there is an angle to the tips, just the outer edge sharpened? Please tell me step by step. Thanks.

RmyronB

I used to have a sharpening business. While you can sharpen a carbide blade with a grinder or dremel, I would advise you to take it to a person with a machine to do it. Probably one time is all you would sharpen a blade by hand. The face of the tip is all you would sharpen, not the sides.

Trying to take off the same amount from the face of each tip is almost impossible free hand. Trying to keep your wheel perfectly parallel to the face is impossible. The difference that you create on each tip could be as dmaging to your blade and work as a dull blade. The load put on your saw by a dull blade or a mis-sharpened blade will cause more amperage draw and burn out the motor sooner and wear on the machines bearings.

The sound a perfectly sharpened blade makes is like wind blowing, no whine or high pitched sounds. I knew if my machines were set right when sharpening a blade by the sound it made when I put it on a machine.

I have a stack to be sharpened. I know it's worth the price to pay someone else now because I don't have the machines anymore.

I am a General Contractor and have a home wood shop. I learned a lot by having my own sharpening business years ago that helps me perserve my equipement today, long after my friends have gone through several saws.

gasbob

I use my truck keys to sharpen my blades. I put the key in the ignition and drive over to the businessman who makes his living at sharpening and has all the equipment and skill necessary to do the job right. Pretty easy eh?

gasbob

I use my truck keys to sharpen my blades. I put the key in the ignition and drive over to the businessman who makes his living at sharpening and has all the equipment and skill necessary to do the job right. Pretty easy eh?

gasbob

I use my truck keys to sharpen my blades. I put the key in the ignition and drive over to the businessman who makes his living at sharpening and has all the equipment and skill necessary to do the job right. Pretty easy eh?

gasbob

I use my truck keys to sharpen my blades. I put the key in the ignition and drive over to the businessman who makes his living at sharpening and has all the equipment and skill necessary to do the job right. Pretty easy eh?

gasbob

I use my truck keys to sharpen my blades. I put the key in the ignition and drive over to the businessman who makes his living at sharpening and has all the equipment and skill necessary to do the job right. Pretty easy eh?

gasbob

I use my truck keys to sharpen my blades. I put the key in the ignition and drive over to the businessman who makes his living at sharpening and has all the equipment and skill necessary to do the job right. Pretty easy eh?

gasbob

I use my truck keys to sharpen my blades. I put the key in the ignition and drive over to the businessman who makes his living at sharpening and has all the equipment and skill necessary to do the job right. Pretty easy eh?

gasbob

I use my truck keys to sharpen my blades. I put the key in the ignition and drive over to the businessman who makes his living at sharpening and has all the equipment and skill necessary to do the job right. Pretty easy eh?