Table Saw Blade Sharpening Sled Jig

[MrRick]

 

INTRODUCTION

 

For a while I had been wanting to sharpen my table saw blades, chop saw blades, heck!
... any circular saw blade. I've got a couple of 10" Forrest blades, several 10" Diablo combination blades, a Ridgid 10", a DeWalt 10".... it goes on and on. Sharpening cost too much when I have so many that need resharpening. On the other hand if I resharpen it could prove painful. There's tooth anatomy and various angles to be concerned about.
 
DETAILS

Anyways....I build this sled jig to allow sharpening of any 7" or 10" blade. I can adjust it to do any rake angle and/or face angle required.

 

 

 

 

I bought a 5/8" arbor 400 grit 6" diamond blade off of Amazon for $19.
Here you see the diamond blade mounted on my table saw and one of my Diablo 10" combination blades mounted on my new sled jig.

 

 

I placed a stop block on the left. It has a quick release magnet. This stops forward travel so when I move the sled forward to do a tooth the sled will stop precisely on center to the diamond blade and ready to touch grind. There's also a clamp on the back left that stops backwards travel and clearing the blade allowing rotation and moving to the next tooth.

 

 

 

CONCLUSION

Oh man!! Oh man!... it was exciting!!!  After finding out the rake angle, etc and setting up the jig, I sharpened two Diablo 10" 50 tooth combination blades in less than 10 minutes. And they were perfect and wicked sharp!!

It cut through a 2x6 like butter!!!!! Both with and against the grain. It was the same on pine, maple, oak, plywood. In fact there was no resistance. It was like cutting soft butter no matter what I cut.

Absolutely unreal!! And man 'o man what a savings!!!!

Thanks for looking!
" If you like it give it a "
Cheers! 
MrRick

 

[lew]

Any preference on obtaining the diamond wheel?

[MrRick]

Lew..I hadn't bought one before this but did some research. At the end of the day I took a chance and selected this one that I bought on Amazon:

 

Uxcell 6-inch Grit 400 Diamond Coated Flat Lap Wheel Grinding Disc Polishing Tool

Edited October 29 by MrRick

[lew]

4 minutes ago, MrRick said:

Lew..I hadn't bought one before this but did some research. At the end of the day I took a chance and selected this one. 

Link goes to "My Orders" ??

[MrRick]

Sorry about that..

This is the one:

uxcell 6-inch Grit 400 Diamond Coated Flat Lap Wheel Grinding Disc Polishing Tool

Edited October 29 by MrRick

[lew]

Thanks!

[MrRick]

No worries. Let me know how it works for you. Are you going to build one?

[lew]

3 hours ago, MrRick said:

Are you going to build one

Considering it. Several blades need sharpening. All the local sharpening services have gone out of business. Shipping costs are outrageous to send them away. 

[MrRick]

15 minutes ago, lew said:

Considering it. Several blades need sharpening. All the local sharpening services have gone out of business. Shipping costs are outrageous to send them away. 

 

I was where you are now. Inconvenience of finding someone or someplace to sharpen my blades and then the cost and wait. On top of this I hesitated making one because I wanted it to be technically correct and wasn't sure about proceeding. Then I decided nothing ventured nothing gained and took the plunge. I moved forward and made one and have never looked back. I'm very happy I did. 

[Gunny]

1 hour ago, MrRick said:

nothing ventured nothing gained

 

My motto at work every day.   

[MrRick]

Never ever say can't and always move forward. 

[Gunny]

19 minutes ago, MrRick said:

Never ever say can't and always move forward. 

 

I have 5 under 35 years old guys on my crew at work that need this motto.  Wish they would at least attempt to keep up in productivity.  My boss was livid last week when combined they were still 11 hours less than my one weeks worth.  

[MrRick]

40 minutes ago, Gunny said:

 

I have 5 under 35 years old guys on my crew at work that need this motto.  Wish they would at least attempt to keep up in productivity.  My boss was livid last week when combined they were still 11 hours less than my one weeks worth.  

 

My mother was a NASA Administrator over 4 scientists. Her blind spot was hearing someone say "can't" It was simply not acceptable and made her mad. She used to tell us that you can do anything and it's just a matter of how much effort you put into it. We were all raised to be achievers. And even though each of us were different personalities whether introverts or extroverts we all gave great effort in all we did with great results. 

Younger people need to be shown the way without excuses to do otherwise being accepted.