LukeoftheOzarks on Nostr: Regarding the ongoing saga of trying to get my chipper blades sharpened locally. I ...
Regarding the ongoing saga of trying to get my chipper blades sharpened locally. I took them to a local lawn mower shop today. The guy said he had never sharpened them, but offered to try. He quit about halfway through and charged me $6.
I pondered the wisdom of putting them on and running it for a while, but decided to try again. This time I took them to the one shop everybody keeps talking about. I called to make sure they would sharpen them, and they said they did. And I walked in and they said they couldn't. We talked for a while about how they worked and finally settled on the way they thought they could sharpen them. They said they would have them ready in about a week or so. They didn't say how much.
Something about the whole experience just felt disgusting to me. I get that their focus is woodworking tools, and I'm sure they do a fine job with those, but I mean... really.
I think I'm going to look for someone locally that makes knives or else buy myself a belt sander or grinder that's at least 8". A 2" belt sander would leave a really nice edge on them, IMO. I'm less excited about a hollow grind, but if that's what I had I, it could work just fine.
#grownostr
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