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#21
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
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found it....check out: LPSharp. com---they specialize in rotory cutter blades- and have a (trade in) program where you can send in your old, dull, used blades and receive new blades in return for much less than buying them in the usual markets. good quality blades that will hold up.
#22
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Brooksville, FL
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Does any one have a rotary blade sharpener. And also, do you like it. And would you recommend a person to buy on. And what brand would you recommend. I've debateing to get one. I found one on ebay ebay for $40.00. If I decide to get 1, I want a good one. Any info will help me with my decision. THANKS EVERONE for any info. Don-isewman
#23
I have a Dritz Dual Rotary Blade Sharpener that I got at Joanns several years ago and it works great for me, but others don't like it. Has two sides, one for smoothing the blade and flip it over to sharpening. A drip of sewing machine oil on it makes it work even better. It wasn't very expensive either.
#24
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Nova Scotia Canada
Posts: 171
Rotary Blade Sharpener
Does any one have a rotary blade sharpener. And also, do you like it. And would you recommend a person to buy on. And what brand would you recommend. I've debateing to get one. I found one on ebay ebay for $40.00. If I decide to get 1, I want a good one. Any info will help me with my decision. THANKS EVERONE for any info. Don-isewman
Fold a piece of tin foil into a multi layered square. Run your cutting blade though it numerous times. Test cut on fabric scraps to determine sharpness. Keep cutting through the tin foil until you are satisfied with the sharpness.
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#25
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Citrus County, Florida
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I bought one of the cheapie ones at Joann's that uses sandpaper. It does a so-so job. If you have a friend that is big into tools and woodworking, they may have a grinding wheel or something that is either more cost effective ... or they might even sharpen them for you.
#27
Sorry to agree with everyone. I have had them all...even the electric one...none work that well. I think the one you just run it through a few times, back and forth, helps the most, IF you do it after each project. The electric one made my blades worse. Now I have a friend who says they make hers sharp. I was so irritated by the way they ruined my blades that I threw it in the garbage. $60.00 down the tube...that REALLY irritated me. I buy on Ebay, make sure they are OLFA and change them often...like many more here.
#28
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Richmond, VA
Posts: 601
I use a Fiskars cutter -- do you know whether Olfa blades work okay in that?
#30
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,135
I have one I picked up a joann's a few years ago..It works fine for me..I can use the blade a while longer before buying more...I can't remember the brand name but joann's has them in stock all the time...
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