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One thing I wish I had done when I first started having mine resharpened is to somehow mark each blade with an acid etched dot each time it was resharpened ... Now I have a dozen or so blades... some have been sharpened 3 times ... some 20 times ... but there is no way to actually tell .... I know there has to be an acid strong enough to etch the metal because it is used in the metal industry a lot ... but I think 1/10th of a gram would last someone a lifetime if used just for the blades. Worth looking into if you have a lot of blades floating around ......... Just my dos centavos
-------------------- John Smith Kings Bay Signs (Retired) Kissimmee, Florida Posts: 816 | From: Central Florida - The Sunshine State | Registered: Jan 2000
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I had some blades resharpened by bits n bits several years ago, and they were pretty quick on turnaround time.
The only thing, I didn't think about at the time, I was using a Summa with a tangential blade, and when they resharpened, they were just short enough not to extend through the blade holder.
I am sure it would work with the drag blades.
I am going to use them after getting my new (to me) roland plotter next weekend.
-------------------- Mark Kottwitz Kottwitz Graphics Ridgely, MD www.SeeMySignWork.com -------------------------- Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein Posts: 746 | From: Ridgely, MD | Registered: Oct 2000
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I have used then for a long time. I just tell them to discard any blades that can't be resharpened any longer. Are they merchants here? If not they should be asked to be.
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Jeesh, I never knew they could be resharpened.
I know a new blade runs anywhere from $18 - $30. So how much does it cost to have them resharpened?
-------------------- Randy Graphic Details Promotional Merchandise Distributor South Glens Falls, NY Posts: 381 | From: South Glens Falls, NY USA | Registered: Mar 2001
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Wonder if anybody has tried Ian Stewart-Kostner's idea of a couple years ago: A little clamp that holds blades in the right position against a hand-cranked grindstone. Shouldn't be expensive to manufacture, and should pay for itself pretty quick.
-------------------- Bruce Williams Lexington KY Posts: 945 | From: Lexington, KY, USA | Registered: Mar 1999
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we have a small scribe that we use for marking metal and we put a nice line running around the shaft of the blade so that we can differentiate between new and sharpened blades, the scribe cost about $8 looks like a exacto handle with a hardened needle tip coming out of the front that will scribe most metals...cleaner than acid imo
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