Saw blade sharpening sources?

[Alanbach]

I am curious why no one has mentioned Forrest? I have always had great results from them. I have not had my TS55 long enough to need any of my Festool blades sharpened yet but they do great with all of my other blades.

 

[Laminator]

I used Forrest sharpening for many years with great results.  Unless they have changed recently, they will not sharpen festool blades because of the variable spacing of the teeth on some of their blades.  I used Carbide Processors for the last blades I had sharpened.

 

[RJNeal]

I sent some blades to Forrest including a kapex blade. This was probably 8 years ago or so. It came back shape but out of round. Like they didn’t use the correct arbor spacer.
Since then I sent all my blades to LA Grinding in Burbank. Ca.
Nice job.
Rick.

 

[Alanbach]

I think that if you contact Forrest you will find that they have changed. I believe that they bought new equipment a few years back to be able to handle FT and some other European style blade types. Talk to Tony.

 

[WilliamCoffey]

It is not a heavy task for anyone, You can do it easy. there is such easy way to do it thanks!

 

[Birdhunter]

Forrest sharpens my table saw blades AND my Kapex blades. I do think the kerf gets very slightly narrower after sharpening.

 

[Bob D.]

I send all my blades to Ridge Carbide. They do a good job, price is reasonable, quick turnaround. I send them all my TS, RAS, and MS blades that need sharpening when I get about 3 or 4 in need of their magic.
https://ridgecarbidetool.com/pages/sharpening-service

They also make custom knives for molders and other tools.

 

[CeeJay]

Other side of the world.

I use Brisbane Saw Service in Queensland. Drop off blades 7am on my way to work and pick them up a few days later.  Always been excellent.

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[semenza]

I send all my blades to Ridge Carbide. They do a good job, price is reasonable, quick turnaround. I send them all my TS, RAS, and MS blades that need sharpening when I get about 3 or 4 in need of their magic.
https://ridgecarbidetool.com/pages/sharpening-service

They also make custom knives for molders and other tools.

    I have had two custom router bits made by Ridge. They are very good quality, and exact to specifications.  Customer service for the custom bits was a bit old school but it was also  very good. There is one person that handles the custom bits (perhaps the owner ?) and both times involved a phone conversation.  In one case I had a molding piece that I sent to be copied for the bit. In the other I sent a drawing. Even though it was old school I couldn't be happier with the process and turn around time.

  Seth

 

[CeeJay]

I wanted a particular blade from Ridge. They don’t ship to Australia. I contacted John Ferrie the owner and he arranged shipping for me overnight.

Great service - I imagine their sharpening service is similarly good.

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[woodbutcherbower]

For anyone in the Midlands of England, I've been using LM Cutting Tools (based in Langley Mill, Nottinghamshire) for years. Their standard rate is 8 pence per tooth and they always come back razor-sharp. I have 36 saw blades ranging from a pile of 48T x 160mm crosscuts for the TS55, right through to half a dozen 96T x 305mm for the DeWalt 780 - plus a few other sizes and quantities in between. It's staggering how many you get through when you do this for a living. 

 

[fp1337]

Anyone know of a good carbide blade sharpening place around Boston? I found Atlantic-Carbide in Somerville. Anyone used them or someone else around that area?

Freud has an authorized sharpener in MA called "The Sharp Tool" but it's a little far from Boston.

I want to avoid shipping charges both ways, it might defeat the purpose, price-wise.

 

[Crazyraceguy]

Another one for Leitz. We were using a local "saw & tool" company and had been for many years. They ran into a problem a few years ago of something similar to what RJneal mentioned, egg shaped. After we complained about it, they did fix the problem with the offending machine and even replaced a few blades, but when it started happening again? nope. We're out. Time to find someone new. It really sucked though, because they would take saw blades, router bits, Forstner bits, even holesaws and carried a lot of new ones right in his van. So you could get another one while the first one was gone. We always maintain spares, but occasionally some do need replacing or you need a new router bit or bearing. This was very handy and he came every week. The Leitz guy is not as comprehensive, but the sharpening is much better. Of course in recent years, the internet has brought quicker/easier ordering too.