Wanted: Your rotary blade sharpening success stories ...
#41
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Delavan
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GoBrah. I too have that sharpener and have used it many times with success. I think the trick is to put a drop of oil on the stone before you sharpen the blade. I have a cutter / blade that I use for fleece only. it seems this dulls a blade quickly. so I get out my blue sharpener. I have used this on material blades also, but not with a large sucess rate. if a blade gets too dull, those little blue sharpeners don't work.
#43
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 559
Bought a mat/rotary cutter combo on sale from Havel's and both have made me very happy about cutting fabric. My old mats and cutters are now resting somewhere. The blade in the cutter is wonderfully smooth to use. I will consider ordering replacement blades from them in the future. Have a $7.00 coupon.
#44
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Corpus Christi, Tx.
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I appreciate the links and will try. I'm just saying I'm not going to mess around with trying to resharpen. That Tru Cut from Nancy's was just a waste of my money. If the blades aren't sharp when I get them, I just take them back. I use coupons and discount's. I will check it out but right now I have about 45 blades and I think I'm set for a while. Thank you again for the link.
Tessagin. If you google this WWW.SewingPalace.com you will find great prices & great blades, I have been buying from this man for over 10 yrs and never received a bad blade & he mails the right out with no postage.
#46
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 4,783
I recently bought the True Cut electric sharpener and am very happy with it. After each pass, you should clean the stones with oil and rub them with your finger (then wipe off finger) to get the grey metal out of the stones. Then one drop of oil on each stone to sharpen again. If you don't keep the stones clean and they get clogged with metal they won't sharpen well. The alternative is to buy new stones every time they are clogged.
#48
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Carlisle, PA
Posts: 1,964
I have been to Harbor Freight, asked the workers there and they have no idea what I'm talking about!! Can someone give me an item or UPC number that will help them identify what I'm looking for? 45mm rotary blades....it should not be Rocket Science!
#50
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Location: Bluebell
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