Sharpening in Indy?

[LesT]

Hi -

Any recommendations for saw, jointer, planer blade sharpening in the Indy area?

Thanks in advance,

Les

[Ed Pawlowski]

You may find it easier to send them to Ridge Carbide or Forrest. Some of my blades have come back better than news. They do all brands, not just the ones they make.

[RonB]

Try yellow pages, classified, etc.

Also, try local lumber yards (not big box). Star Lumber, in Wichita, used a lady from McPherson KS that did excellent work at a reasonable price. You dropped them off at the service desk and picked them up about a week later. She was a full-service sharpener who did blade repairs, cleaning, scissors, etc. I cannot imagine Star made much money - just a customer service.

But my advice, from experience, is do not give anyone a pile of sharpening until you let them do one or two items. Some of them can mess up perfectly good blades.

RonB

[dpb]

On 3/13/2011 9:27 AM, RonB wrote: ...

You say "used/did", Ron, instead of "uses/does"...does that mean quit?

Could possibly be somewhat handier here instead of the guy in Tulsa been sending stuff to as do get to Wichita on occasion...was just in there last week quickly when went up to the Region 6 juco tourney finals in Koch...(unfortunately we came in second :( :) )

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[RonB]

No. Just means we moved a few years ago and don't use her anymore. I suspect she still does it, but it has been three years.

We found a guy in SE Kansas who does an excellent job and he was advertised in local newspaper services ad. Turns out he is related.

Might also add Hardware Stores. A local (SE Kansas) ACE provides several services via outside service providers.

RonB