It’s been a joy to watch him do his trade, just like everything else. People do take pride in the Work, he seems to love it Good luck with the next 20 years
Awesome vid!!! Its hard to believe so few now how to work/ or want to work hard, they think thats a bad thing, not thinking about having prid over doing a good job.. GOD Bless!!!😇😁
Somewhat misleading information about sharpening knife alignment. I have the same grinder and when I level the knife before sharpening, I measure the distance from the bottom of the holder and not from the top pressure plate. The holes for the tightening nuts of the upper plate have quite a bit of play and it is not always possible to align the plate in the same way. On the other hand, the lower side on which I place the planing knife is made as one part with an upper edge that slides along the part fixed on the sander plate. These parts are set quite precisely by the manufacturer. The flatness of the planer knife is quite essential to ensure that the knife grinds evenly along its length and does not take more from one side than the other. Otherwise it's a good video. Thanks.
Greetings from Germany, 1st of all, i like it when you can do it yourself, but i dont like it if its not properly done, in germany we have excellent sharpening shops, you cant get your knives sharper than they do it, but its also pretty expensive with 20 euro per 4 knives. but what i learned from them is that you NEVER, NEVER sharpen without A LOT of cooling, like really, at max you should do one pass and then cool it with water or better a water/oil mix, otherwise it will get concave. but i still have a question about that machine, the angle adjustment, is it good? or is it as wobbly as the ones from holzmann and co?
Years ago a company I worked for had a mold they would put worn blades into and pour babbit on the back to extend the life of the blades as they were ground down.
When sharpening chipper knives, for the sawmill, babbit was used for extending the life of the blades. Every couple of sharpenings, we broke off and re poured the babbit to make up for grinding the face of the knife. We changed out the blades at least twice every shift and often times more than that.
I have the same planer blade sharpener. I also run a business. I am having a hard time to find the grinding wheels. I would appreciate Mr. Roberts info on this. I learn a lot from him.
I have a second question regarding setting the sharping angle. Are there standards for blade sharping angles? I used a gauge to measure a new jointer blade so I at least have a starting reference point. It measured 38.5 degrees.
The leather strap is used to clean the blade's sharp edge from any burs from the sharpening. Also a polish compound can be added to clean the edge up and really make it shine. It's an added step to make the blade as sharp and clean as possible.
Hi have this machine but it come with a finer steer than what you have here. Any chance you could post a link to where you got your stone wheel from please 😊
That's what I was wondering. I have the 120 and 320 grit stones but Mr. Robert is able to go across the stone a lot slower than I can without burning the knife.
I have the same grinder from Grizzly and I found the ajustment of the stone was not smooth so I made a jig to hang the table on so the weight of the motor makes the stone ajustment work very smooth.
Thank you, I have the same sharpener and never had the manual as it was used. Does Mr. Roberts know how to hammer (tension) sawmill head saws, if he does it would be interesting to see. Its hard to find a good hammer smith I may have to do my own saws.
How does sharpening the double sided planer blades for the dewalt planer work? They would have to be exactly the same length because the way they are mounted there isn’t any adjustments you can make. The screw holes are in the same spot so if it’s thicker on one end the the other your planer would be cutting crooked. I was under the impression that those blades couldn’t be sharpened
