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
Any of these fit?
"dennis@home" wrote in news:i7fdo6$j76$1 @news.datemas.de:
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.
Andy Dingley wrote in news:08bf23f4-dc2e-47f6- snipped-for-privacy@w4g2000vbh.googlegroups.com:
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
In message , AL_n 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
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.
NT
Tabby wrote in news:bc29543b-6561-4c13-99ef- snipped-for-privacy@s19g2000vbr.googlegroups.com:
Thanks. I will have a go.
Al
Tabby wrote in news:fb44e2a4-c9b4-4201-a0df- snipped-for-privacy@v23g2000vbi.googlegroups.com:
Not a lot, I agree. I'll give it a go.
Al
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