Self Feed Bits

S Davis

What do you guy's do for sharpening your self feed bit's?
Do you send then out of house or do it yourselves and if you do it in house what do you use.

Thanks

S Davis


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Rocky

Take mine to a sharpening shop

Take my metal shears, self-feed bits, lawn-mover blades, kitchen knives...EVERYTHING to a local sharpening shop. They charge me about 2 bucks for the shears, 3 for the bits, and a buck for the knives. Shoot, I couldn't do it myself that cheap, nor have the same quality of product that I get back.
Regards,
Rocky

John Abbott

We sharpen .......

ours on the side of an abrasive blade on our chop saw.The thin blade allows us to sharpen the cutting edge and the teeth we finish up with a diamond hone a conventional bench grinder won't allow this.

John Felciano

Bits

I take ours home every so often and sharpen them.I use a Dremmel tool. A file works fine for on the job stuff,but every so often the angle of the edges needs to be reastablished and the Dremmel works great.Also change the feeders.

kevin_5

Keep a file in your toolbox

Don't let it bang around with the other tools, keep in in its' plastic cover so IT stays sharp. It only takes a second to dull your bit when you hit a nail, and the minute or two it takes to restore the edge with a file is easily recouped in saved production time. You can't file fast enough to take the temper out of the edge, neither are you prone to remove too much metal. Sure, the pro sharpening shop will do a better job, but this is FREE and you can do it NOW when you need it. I'd say scissors and things like that should be sharpened professionally, but you need to be able to fix your self feed bit yourself every time you hit something. Or you'll just keep pushing a dull bit and overheat it before you make it in to get it sharpened. Have you ever stopped to think how much sharper our tools would be kept it we were using muscle power instead of electric. In the old days, guys would stop in the morning and sharpen the ax before they even began to chop down the tree. They knew it was time well spent. I heard a sermon about that once relating it to prayer... and being too busy to "sharpen your ax" Think about it. Kevin

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jim lockard

When I have time

I remove the screw, lock the bit in a vise and with the right file, I can do a decent job of sharping. My dad could sharpen a bit to the point that one could shave with it. Best Wishes J.Lockard

Grumpy_2

Dremel too!

I use a Dremel tool also, five minutes with a Dremel saves lots of sweat, sore arms, and swear words later!

hr

If you sharpen

before they get real dull a nice new file works. Yes it is easiest with the lead screw removed

After they grind a few nails or get big chips out of them I use a die grinder with a very thin wheel.

Actually the way you sharpen them is important. The "chip lifter" in the center needs to be slightly lower than the "spurs" around the diameter. Else you will push your brains out

A well sharpened bit should pull itself through with the lead screw.

hot rod

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