Saw blade sharpening

I think there a place in LaPlace that does it.

Go buy a set of files and sharpen yourself. If you mess it up go buy a new blade. You’ll have a nice set of files and a sharp blade one way or the other. Blades are cheap

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Blades are cheap

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Not good blades

Good blades aren’t a disposable. It’s a $80 Freud so I can mail it off and get it sharpened for $25 which is worth it just wanted to see if there was somewhere local that could bring it to.

I agree that Home Depot/Dewalt blades are disposable but the difference a Freud or Forrest blade makes is night and day.

Blade over a year old so was getting close to needing sharpening and the nail finished it off. Can notice difference in cut speed and seeing more tearout now.

I ended up buying another Freud as needed to get some stuff cut this weekend and will wait till I have a few more ready and will send off that way I always have a spare.

There’s a place in St Amant that sharpens them. It’s been around for ages, but I have no idea what it costs. I pass it everyday going to work. Just south of St Amant High School.

Southern fastener & tool on mammoth ave

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Saw blade sharpening

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I have several Forrest blades including the Woodworker I and II and a 12" Chopmaster. I've had them for years. As they dull I go to the Forrest website and download the blade sharpening form, fill it out and send them to Forrest in New Jersey. They will sharpen other brands. You will have to plan your business so you can handle ten days of downtime but that's about what it takes round trip (why I have several blades). Now Forrest blades are expensive but they are sweet but Forrest will maintain them to last for years. A 12" Chopmaster is nearly $200 but if maintained will last a lifetime. One Forrest blade = the multiple Freud blades you will buy if you do serious sawing.

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One Forrest blade = the multiple Freud blades you will buy if you do serious sawing.

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That is not accurate if you are comparing them to the Freud Industrial line. Freud uses the same quality carbide and the tips are just as big. The Freud catalog is also much bigger and has far more specialty grinds than Forrest. It really comes down to what you want in a specific blade. Take the WWII and the Premier Fusion for example, both are their companies "best" general purpose blade. They both have Hi-ATB grinds but the shear faces on the Freud are a higher angle. So the WWII is actually better for ripping and the Freud gives a more polished crosscut. There is nothing wrong with the Forrest blades other than being overpriced (I have 7-8 of them). Ridge, Forrest, Freud and Infinity all make excellent blades.

If you want blades that really last look into true industrial quality saws like Popular, Royce Ayr, Everlast and the cermet tipped Worlds Best from Carbide Processors. They will have bigger tips to handle more sharpenings and generally actually cost less than Forrest. The cermet tipped saws are just otherworldly in terms of wear. If I could start over I wouldn't own anything else, as it is I have enough blades to last 2 more lifetimes.

Forrest does do excellent sharpening but their lead time is one of the longer ones and their prices tend to be on the higher end. They will sharpen pretty much any circular saw blades except Festool.