The same goes for your saw blade. It works hard to chop off every wood chunk you desire to. Going through all the hard-wearing tasks, at some point, it becomes dull. This is when you require to sharpen your blade.
The saw blade needs to be sharpened from time to time to get the best results from it. Dull wearied off blade won’t give you the outcome you are looking for. Such a blade will misbehave and slip off from the branch creating various other problems. The ultimate solution is to sharpen it if you do not want to buy a new one.
Sharpening a blade is neither time-consuming nor very technical. You can learn the total process of how to sharpen a pole saw blade effectively from this guide in no time.
Types of Pole Saw Blade
Not all saw blades are similar. For pole saws, manual pole saws have a different type of blade than a powered pole saw.
The characteristics of both the blade types are very different from each other. And so is their sharpening process. The sharpening technique of one won’t help the other.
To give you a clear idea of both the processes I have elaborately explained both the techniques in this guide.
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How to Sharpen Manual Pole Saw Blade?
Manual pole saw uses a long curved blade with tri edged teeth arrangement. Each tooth needs to be filed one by one to get the best results.
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Tools Required for Sharpening:
- Orange oil
- Brass bristle brush
- Air compressor tool
- Clamp
- Marker
- Knife file
Procedure
In order to start sharpening your blade, sit under bright light. So that you can see the glint of the tooth.
Step 1:
The first step of the sharpening process is to remove all the sawdust and sands off from the blade. You must clean the blade first thoroughly. In order to do so, apply orange oil on the blade. Then clean the blade tooth with a brass bristle brush. Make sure to brush off all the dirt from your blade.
Step 2:
After brushing off the dirt, wipe out excess oil and dirt residues with an air compressor. Then mark the teeth with a bright tinted marker. It will help you to keep track of going through all the teeth without missing any.
Step 3:
In the next step, secure your blade on the clamp tightly. Make sure it does not tilt when start to sharpen. It must stay firm on its place steadily for effective sharpening.
Step 4:
Now comes the main sharpening phase. Grab your knife file to start the task. Select any one side to start with and continue till the end. When filing, file matching the angle of the tooth. Make a couple of strokes in each tooth. Try to maintain the same number of strokes in each of them. After finishing filing one side of the tri edged teeth up to the end of the blade, change the direction. Start filing the opposite face of the teeth till the end.
Thus, you get your manual pole saw blade sharpened. This whole process might take you as little as 10 minutes. And within this short time, your blade will be ready for the next project.
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How to Sharpen Powered Pole Saw Blade?
The powered pole saws generally have a chain blade. The chain blade remains attached to the guide bar and together form the cutting edge for the powered pole saws.
To sharpen the blade, first, you need to know the chain type your saw has. It will determine the file size and angle to file the blade. You can get the information from the product specifications.
Tools Required for Sharpening:
- Round file
- File guide
- Flat file
- Depth gauge
Procedure
To start sharpening a chain blade, you need to check if you hit hard enough to damage the blade or its just dull due to frequent use. Identify that tooth and start with that. It is done so to have an equal number of strokes on each tooth. It works as a baseline for sharpening. Thus, all the teeth throughout the chain will have the same depth.
Step 1:
Take your round file and start with the most damaged tooth of the chain. Use the file guide and place the file at the exact angle equivalent to the blade tooth. The positioning must be such that you can file from inside to the outside of the cutter.
N.B. It is important to file from inside to the outside of the cutter. Otherwise, the file will wear off due to excess friction with the hard chrome outside the cutter.
Step 2:
Now you make two points of contact- one with the top of the cutting tooth and other with the top of the file guide. This process helps in placing the file mostly down inside the cutter and a little portion above. This will help in filing the cutter efficiently to deliver a holistic sharpening.
Step 3:
Then keeping the file flat with the cutter, start making your strokes. Make sure to count the number of strokes you are making. Once you are done with one tooth, continue the same process with the same number of strokes throughout the chain.
Step 4:
After going through the entire chain for angled filing, it’s time for the flat top edges. Grab your flat file and depth gauge. Use the drop center depth gauge. Place the depth gauge over the blade. The drop center gauge will hide the total cutter except for the top part. Balance the depth gauge properly with your fingers and start filing with your flat file. File from inside out when you are filing. Just a few strokes on each of them will do the job.
Thus, you get your chain blade sharpened and ready to use.
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Final Words
When you are sharpening your tool, try to give a little extra time and do it with patience. Sharpening tools will lead to better results that you cannot find from the dull cutters.
Sharp edges can cut through more quickly and more efficiently. In order to gain such results, you must work for it too. That’s why it is important to be patient with sharpening tools and make time for them.
It is very easy to sharpen cutters. It does not require many tools either. You can easily polish your frequently used items with the tools you normally have in your workshop.
I hope you gained some quick tips from this easy guide for how to sharpen a pole saw blade. So, never be lazy for sharpening your cutters. Always have razor-sharp blades ready for your new projects.
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