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Hi, I got in a hurry this morning and chipped the snot out of my B2 blades trying to cut too sharp of a corner...

Can someone tell me where I send them to get new edges ground into them?


Have a good weekend

Pb

beverly has a service,look them up.

I know the company has a sharpening service (it says so right on the pamphlet that came with my B2).

Beverly Shear Manufacturing Corp.
3004 W. 111th Street
Chicago, Ill. 60655
773-238-0003

Otherwise, I've heard that most any company that sharpens knives can also sharpen these blades. It might be worth it to look under "knife sharpening" in your yellow pages.

Look in your yellow pages under tool grinding/sharpening..

I just angle my table on the disc sander and regrind my own when they need it.

Hi and thanks for the info guys. I will try to clean them up myself first.


Have a good weekend

Pb

remember to clean out the hook in the back with your belt sander wheel if you narrow them-and measure for paralell. I just use the bottom wheel on my 1x42 to do it. Too thick and those will not turn corners.

Howdy, Bender you mean the notches in the back of the blades right? those are why I was asking about getting them sharpened by someone who knows how to do it. I paid 125 for these blades brand new and am scared to mess them up. I will get dimensions on the notches and make sure they are there after I remove the notches.

Have a good week

Pb

I always send my blades in to the Beverly Shear Company for sharpening. It helps that I have a spare set for my B2, so I don't have any down time.

The blades have a bunch of different grind angles on them. They are set up to renew the edges back to factory specs, so you don't have to worry about ruining the temper or getting the angles off. It's been a few years since I last had my blades sharpened, but I think it was $35 or $45.

Here's how it works, or at least, how I do it.

1. call them (look up their number, they are in Chicago) and ask about the sharpening. They will probably tell you that it depends on the condition of the blades, and that they can't be certain until they see them. I think that the price also depends on the model - B3>B2>B1.
2. Mail in the blades. Include a letter with your name, address and phone number.
3. Wait for them to call you. They will tell you how much it will cost to sharpen them. plus return shipping. Once, one of my blades was in too bad a condition, but they had another set that was also bad, but on the other blade (upper vs. lower), so they offered to swap out my super bad one for a used one that was in better condition.
4. Mail them a check.
5. Wait for your freshly sharpened blades to come back to you. They include new screws for the upper, a new allen wrench, and a brochure that also has the installation blade clearances (which, iirc, is 1/10th to 1/4 of the thickness of the metal you are cutting).

Man, when you put the "new" blades on, it cuts like a dream.

The BS Co is a small, family run business. They don't take credit cards, paypal, etc. Just a good old-fashioned personal check. They don't even have a computer in the office - they looked up my records in a filing cabinet the last time I called. They did get a fax machine, though.

Talking with the guy on the phone, I mentioned the knockoffs that I have seen. He said that the way they found out about the imitations was when someone told them that they broke the frame on their B-Shear. They were amazed, saying that they have never had one break before and asked them to send it back to them. When they got it, they realized that it was not a genuine B-shear, that it was a cheap imitation. And if you look at one next to a real B1, you can clearly see the differences between them. The knockoff B1 is much lighter and has looser tolerances than a real B1.

- Scott

Ceawlin wrote:I know the company has a sharpening service (it says so right on the pamphlet that came with my B2).

Beverly Shear Manufacturing Corp.
3004 W. 111th Street
Chicago, Ill. 60655
773-238-0003

Otherwise, I've heard that most any company that sharpens knives can also sharpen these blades. It might be worth it to look under "knife sharpening" in your yellow pages.

Ceawlin thank you for the contact info, Ill send the blades off this week. I thought about trying it myself but ended up chickening out.

Scott I have to agree with you, thanks for the post. Bender has practice at it but im too sceerd.


Have a good week

Pb

Probably doesn't hurt that I have some background in machining too.

Yea Bender, that always helps!

Ceawlin I just called that number and a little older lady can on the answering machine. I cant believe the beverly company is still small family run business like that!

Scotts info was dead on thank you guys.

Ty for info

Pb