Do you have a good way to sharpen or just replace the cutter?
Couple of my cutters are getting duller - is why I ask.
I don't have a lathe sharpener or whatever seemingly would be an ideal sharpener.
Cutters aren't expensive but a sharper one usually is needed in the middle of a project.
Doyle
Here's one way:
(https://forum.upholster.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi775.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fyy33%2Fsofadoc%2Fth_MOV00256.mp4&hash=7fc41633912c2d4b978f2d6dadd6f10c) (http://i775.photobucket.com/albums/yy33/sofadoc/MOV00256.mp4)
I saw that video before but none of my cutters fit any of the drills we have LOL.
That is a #36 in the video. It just happens to fit my drill chuck snugly. On other sizes, I chuck up the blade end of a screwdriver, and wrap the appropriate amount of tape around the handle end to fit the cutter.
I use the same sharpener as sofaD but I hold the cutters by hand. I go slow and easy with it, turning the cutter as it sharpens.
My cutters have never been so sharp.
I just used that sharpener today to sharpen the hex blade on my electric cutter. I also hold that blade with my hand. The first time I sharpened it I used a pair of needle nose pliers thinking that would be safer. I stopped thinking about it and today I held the blade with my hand.
gene
I'll have to try that Dennis
That's a good technique with the knife sharpener and cordless - keep them coming -
SA
Me? I'm a "job creator". I have a couple of friends who sharpen their own tools (chisels for carving) and I happily fork over pork to have them "liven up" my cutters. We talk shop, and my tools come back nice and sharp and buffed and oiled to a handsome sheen.
Reminds me to ask (again) about the scissor sharpener that Doc recommended years ago... never jotted it down (chin on chest) but would like to have one,