When we were sharpening our first set of blades we had with the chipper, we used a file and emory cloth. The emory would polish them nice and they cut great, till they got nicked. The file worked ok, but the edge was not as true as I liked. The wet grinder ( I need to also look up the wet wheel...
Yes MB. Had I been involved in the purchase (as I said I inherited the chipper with the business) We probably would have bought a Bandit self feed at least 6 inch. Don't get me wrong, I am grateful for what we have and I would not part with it even when we get a bigger one. It does come in real...
Hey you have to start somewhere:|:
Rob and his brother bought it new, I inherited it.. Besides.. up here, anything more than 3" is firewood.. And yes a bigger chipper is on my wish list ;)
Small tow behind.. Bear Cat 24 HP 5 inch CAP. Nice cause we can get it into really tight places... Rob and I put a hitch dolly on it the other day and wheeled it down a small sidewalk into a back yard to chip where the brush was at... Nope.. not auto feed... Two feeders though... 3/4 minus...
You will not get all the chips out of the blades for many tries. I don't bother trying... I want to see the edge as sharp as possible and shiny all the way across with no extra bevels added.. Careful, they will cut you when done!
I run my blades 10 hours per side unless I hit something...
Oooops.. You'll need one of these... Wet grinder..
I set the table at 45 degrees... Miter at 90. The drip system is useless. Use it to fill the catch tray. You will be dipping thee blades per pass..
This grinder can be run either rotational direction... Yup, your metal shop teacher would kick...
Sharpening Chipper blades.... Because you asked
Here we go... This has been brought up twice by me and curiosity by some of how I do it.
I bought a wet tool grinder for under $200.00 from Harbor Freight when it was on sale :/: Cause I am a cheap Bast'd and decided that at the price of blades...
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