NuTool (NP710) electric planer blades - sharpenable?
AL_n
I have a NuTool electric planer (model no. NP710) which I bought about 10
to 15 years ago. The blades are now blunt and have a couple of bad nicks. I
can't find the blades for sale anywhere online. Will it be worthwhile to
remove the blades, grind them down a bit on a grinding wheel and then
finish off the edges with a flat sharpening stone (and then re-fit)? ...or
will this destroy the temper and/or create other problems?
Thanks,
Al
dennis@home
"AL_n" <fgdf...@fghfghfg.com> wrote in message
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Any of these fit?
http://www.sawshop.co.uk/planer-blades
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> Thanks,
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> Al
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Jim K
AL_n
28583b...@v23g2000vbi.googlegroups.com:
> http://www.toolstation.com/documents/catalogue/catalogue36/?hl=51536
Thanks - but they don't look like that. They are wider.
Al
AL_n
@news.datemas.de:
> http://www.sawshop.co.uk/planer-blades
Thanks, but none of those looks like mine.
Al
Jim K
> Jim K <jk989...@gmail.com> wrote in news:8f582a7a-e089-4f70-9d7a-
> 28583b8ed...@v23g2000vbi.googlegroups.com:
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> >http://www.toolstation.com/documents/catalogue/catalogue36/?hl=51536
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> Thanks - but they don't look like that. They are wider.
>
> Al
well in the absence of google hits for that size.....
I reckon it could be agro
a) grinding and sharpening the two blades flat, straight, sharp!
b) mounting the (now possibly different sized) blades back in the
machine to get a worthwhile "planing" action when you use it
afterwards....
bin it and buy another cheapy AND a stash of spare blades this
time ;>)
Jim K
Andy Dingley
> to 15 years ago. The blades are now blunt and have a couple of bad nicks.
New blades. Blade height adjustment is crucial and cheap planers do
this with fixed-height blades that are non-sharpenable, rather than
the awkward adjustment of adjustable blades. Even if you could grind
them back to a pair of matched, parallel blades, they'd then be too
low relative to the soleplate.
AL_n
a76a-052...@w4g2000vbh.googlegroups.com:
> New blades. Blade height adjustment is crucial and cheap planers do
> this with fixed-height blades that are non-sharpenable, rather than
> the awkward adjustment of adjustable blades. Even if you could grind
> them back to a pair of matched, parallel blades, they'd then be too
> low relative to the soleplate.
Thanks, Andy; Actually, this planer does have adjustable blades (even
though it was cheap). It looks like I could remove a fair bit of metal in
the sharpening process, and set the blades so that the projected the same
amount as before.
Al
Tim Lamb
<fgdf...@fghfghfg.com> writes
My planer came with a sharpening guide and a jig for setting the
protrusion. The blades have a slotted ¬ which fits into a recess in the
rotor.
regards
--
Tim Lamb
Tabby
What have you got to lose?
NT
Tabby
Re temper, just dont grind them fast enough that they get hot. I've
ground many things on an angle grinder (cautiously) without losing the
toughness of the metal.
NT
AL_n
5b3474...@s19g2000vbr.googlegroups.com:
>> What have you got to lose?
>>
>> NT
>
> Re temper, just dont grind them fast enough that they get hot. I've
> ground many things on an angle grinder (cautiously) without losing the
> toughness of the metal.
Thanks. I will have a go.
Al
AL_n
7ec623...@v23g2000vbi.googlegroups.com:
> What have you got to lose?
Not a lot, I agree. I'll give it a go.
Al