I have a Type II 557 that has a dull blade. I did some work recently with
Brazilian cherry that was as hard as any wood I have ever encountered. and
now the blade has trouble cutting soft pine.
Q. Can these blades be sharpened?
Q2. Can I do this with a diamond stone, as this does not seem to be as
critical as, say a router bit?
BTW, anyone who buys a 557 should remove the blade and coat the threads with
antiseize compound. DAMHIKT
Don Sforza
On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 04:10:12 GMT, "Don Sforza" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I have a Type II 557 that has a dull blade. I did some work recently with
>Brazilian cherry that was as hard as any wood I have ever encountered. and
>now the blade has trouble cutting soft pine.
>Q. Can these blades be sharpened?
>Q2. Can I do this with a diamond stone, as this does not seem to be as
>critical as, say a router bit?
>
>BTW, anyone who buys a 557 should remove the blade and coat the threads with
>antiseize compound. DAMHIKT
>
>Don Sforza
>
>
I'd expect any sharpening service that can handle table saw blades
would be able to sharpen it. You could probably touch it up with
a diamond slip stone on the face that is radial to the blade, but
I'd just send it out.
Bob S