Rotary blade sharpeners?
07-18-2011, 07:11 AM
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The sharpeners sold for home use are made to keep a sharp blade sharp, not sharpen a dull blade. If you keep your blade sharp it won't dull but will eventually lose the edge to sharpen. Most people will try to sharpen a dull blade and then announce the sharpener isn't worth buying. It's not worth it if you use it that way. I would pick the manual Tru Cut sharpener over the electric one because it will keep the blade sharp with less effort and it's right there ready to use. I have many of the Harbor Freight blades but they seem to be not as flat or have the edge angle as the quilting brands. I don't resharpen them.
07-18-2011, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
Before I discovered Harbor Freight, I bought a Dritz rotary blade sharpener. I works great! It is hand held and the blade is rotated around a stone. It sort of looks like a kids spinning top. It does not fix nicks in the blades though. I'm still glad I bought it.
07-18-2011, 07:58 AM
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i bought a sharpener a few years ago- oh boy is it ever dangerous! you think the blades themselves are dangerous---then try to use this (tool- and i use the term loosely) and find out just what danger is!
you have to handle the blade- get it on this (spindle) put this *thing* together- turn it a few times----then you have to take it apart and struggle to get the blade back out without loosing any digits...after a few tries we decided it did not make enough difference- keep a sharp edge long enough to justify the danger involved- and put it away somewhere- now i watch for sales & coupons- and always have new blades on my Christmas/birthday wish list- hubby is great about buying me a couple 5packs of new blades for my stocking every year :)
you have to handle the blade- get it on this (spindle) put this *thing* together- turn it a few times----then you have to take it apart and struggle to get the blade back out without loosing any digits...after a few tries we decided it did not make enough difference- keep a sharp edge long enough to justify the danger involved- and put it away somewhere- now i watch for sales & coupons- and always have new blades on my Christmas/birthday wish list- hubby is great about buying me a couple 5packs of new blades for my stocking every year :)
07-18-2011, 08:28 AM
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Had one at one time, didn't like the way it didn't. Don't even remember what the brand name was. Tried HF blades, didn't like them, so I just wait until JoAnns has a coupon and then buy new blades.
07-18-2011, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by ChaiQuilter
I checked into the Harbor Freight blades. What mm are they? Do they attach the same way as the store blades? Thanks.
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