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Just curious what methods are used.

I use a 4 1/2 inch hand grinder with a vice to hold the blade.

Remove blade, install in vice, clean it with a power wire brush, sharpen it with a angle grinder, balance blade, reinstall.

reynoldston said:

Remove blade, install in vice, clean it with a power wire brush, sharpen it with a angle grinder, balance blade, reinstall.

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I second this.

I do the same, though I have been told that I should swap my metal grinder with a a more of a sandpaper grinding wheel. I heard you dont lose as much blade that way. So next time I go to home depot I'm going to get one and try it out.

Same as above except I scrape instead of brush and I use a flap disk in my angle grinder to sharpen with. It runs cooler and leaves a nice edge. Balance every time.

RDA.Lawns said:

I use a 4 1/2 inch hand grinder with a vice to hold the blade.

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Same here. I use G6 Gator blades and the grinding wheel leaves a very uneven edge, but it gets blasted flat by all the sand and grass clippings going over the blade.

The guy who sharpens mine uses a 6" side grinder with a large disc on it.

Tried all these methods and ended up using a bench belt sander due to a more consistent finish.

stevestd said:

Tried all these methods and ended up using a bench belt sander due to a more consistent finish.

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I've never tried one of those.looks pretty neat

Grinder with flap wheel. Less agressive than your standard grinder disc. I don't balance tho... Shame on me. Spindles still alive tho.

For those of you that prefer a right angle grinder, try the Makita flex wheel. It'll grind circles around the older original wheels. This blade pictured was sharpened while I was setting in the comfort of my chair with the blade extended across my knee. The other picture is a piece of re-bar that needed threads on a stretcher for an outdoor chair repair. Solution for precision sizing. Grind it down while rotating it with a variable speed drill. Once again, the Makita flex wheel.

If you're gonna do it you may as well be comfortable and have fun doing it. :laughing:

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Bought a Dewalt grinder w/ flap wheel on Weds., 4.5" 9.0 amp $68 from the Mac tool guy that stops @ our shop.

Good price!

greenguy said:

Bought a Dewalt grinder w/ flap wheel on Weds., 4.5" 9.0 amp $68 from the Mac tool guy that stops @ our shop.

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Yes a very good price seeing I just paid 140 dollars for my Dewalt angle grinder this pass summer from the local tool store.

stevestd said:

Tried all these methods and ended up using a bench belt sander due to a more consistent finish.

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What grit paper do you use?

Syringe said:

What grit paper do you use?

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Ide like to know as well. I'm hoping 40 grit will do the job. Because i just bought a 50 grit flap wheel yesterday

zmister11 said:

Ide like to know as well. I'm hoping 40 grit will do the job. Because i just bought a 50 grit flap wheel yesterday

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I used 60 grit today. Seemed to work fine.