What do you do when the blade of your table saw becomes blunt?
Throw it out and get a new one?
Or keep using it and ruin your wood?
Certainly not the latter considering the massive impact it has on your stock.
If you resort to replacing the blunt blade, you must have a lot of spare cash.
Having wasted a lot of money this way, I can confirm it is not something you want to make a habit.
Yes, sharpening it might be no mean task, but it is certainly cost-effective, and you don’t have to be swimming in ingenuity to make it happen.
Regardless of what your thoughts are concerning sharpening your table saw’s blade, the process can be learned, and this is what we intend to achieve in this piece – guiding you on the right path towards getting your table saw’s blade to its original tip-top condition.
Here we go!
What You Need for This Task?
- Diamond grinding wheel
- Grease/Oil
- Earmuffs
- Protective goggles
- Hand groves
- Face mask
- Sharpening stick
- Screwdriver
- Wrench
- Soapy water
There are two ways to sharpen them.
Method 1 entails using a file to manually sharpen the edges of the blade.
Another method depends on the diamond grinding wheel to deliver a sharper blade.
The second method is less stressful compared to the first but getting the grinding wheel – which can be used several times – adds to the cost.
How to Sharpen Them? – Step by Step Instructions
In ensuring you have a perfect understanding , we have compiled our set of tested and trusted step-by-step instructions to make things easier.Follow these steps, and you will get this done sooner than you thought possible.
Method 1
Step 1 – Turn off the power
It’s important you turn off the table saw and remove its connection to the power outlet. Accidents happen but many are avoidable.
Step 2 – Remove All Debris
Use the hand brush, soap and water to remove all debris from the teeth.
This is a buildup towards restoring the blade to its sharper form.
Step 3 – Apply the Grease/Oil
Apply oil or grease to the blade.
This makes it more vulnerable towards the sharpening exercise.
Also, it helps in the removal of dirt stuck around them.
Step 4 – Use your safety gear
Before you proceed to commence the sharpening exercise properly, you need to protect yourself.
Protective goggles, hand gloves, face mask, and earmuffs would help to achieve that to a reasonable extent, but you’d still need to be careful.
Step 5 – Using the sharpening stick
Place the sharpening stick on a wooden support and bring it in close proximity to the suspended blade.
You would need to continuously rub the sharpening stick against the teeth of the blade in an oscillatory manner.
Endeavor to oil the metallic part of the sharpening stick to improve the efficiency of the process.
This is repeated until it is visibly sharp.
Method 2
Step 1 – Disconnected It from the Table Saw
The blade plates of a table saw are usually held in position by screws.
Unscrew this hold on the plates, and remove them by turning the nut in an anticlockwise direction using the wrench.
Step 2 – Mount the Diamond Wheel on the Table Saw
Attach the diamond wheel to the table saw.
You can use the accessories of the detached blade to do this.
Subsequently, support the blade on a wood which ensures the accessibility of its teeth.
Step 3 – Turn on the saw
With the diamond wheel fully in the stead of the blade, turn on table saw.The wheel shouldn’t be out of place despite its different construct than the blade.
Step 4 – Sharpen It
As it is supported on a wooden base, bring it towards the revolving diamond grinding wheel.
It is important you do this for each individual tooth on the blade.
Aim the revolving wheel at the space between the teeth and move the blade to next after several seconds.
Step 5 – Re-attach It to the Table Saw
Detach the diamond grinding wheel and return the blade to its original position.
You will need to secure the blade plates and relock it.
Conclusion
Hopefully, this guide has provided enough insight on how to go about sharpening the blade of your table saw.
Safety cannot be overemphasized when sharpening it, so be very careful.
Your ingenuity would be called to action when constructing the support for the blade – if you opt for the second method – so be ready for that.
If there’s anything that’s unclear about any of the steps outlined in this guide, do let us know in the comment section, and we will get back to you quickly.
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