View Full Version : Blade Gone Bad, MAYBE??
dusty
09-22-2009, 01:42 PM
Dusty
I'm convinced if your alignment checks out then in fact the blade evidently did get bent. Hope it wasn't a good blade.
If it was new one is there any chance it was a Delta blade?
No, It was not a Delta. It was a new Shopsmith Conbination that I purchased just a very short time before Shopsmith changed to Amana for their blades. I did get some good use out of it and it was definitely put through the paces. Maybe it was time.
All of my other blades, except one Systematic, are also Shopsmith. I guess it might be time for me to change.
Ed in Tampa
09-22-2009, 04:15 PM
Frankly I like Shopsmith blades. My sharpener seems to like them also.
I don't have any of the Amanda blades so I can't speak for them.
If I was switching blades I would go to Infinity and try their blades. If they are half as good as their router bits they would be fantastic blades.
I guess it might be time for me to change.
Do knot take this personally. But why change because of user error??
I'd should change also, I had a tooth break off when the blade fell on the concrete floor.:eek:
dusty
09-22-2009, 05:16 PM
Do knot take this personally. But why change because of user error??
I'd should change also, I had a tooth break off when the blade fell on the concrete floor.:eek:
When I said it was time to change I was talking about getting a new blade and discarding the old. My mention of getting an Amana was a declaration that it was time to put in a Shopsmith order. Rereading what I wrote, I can definitely see that I did not communicate my thoughts.
JPG40504
09-22-2009, 05:57 PM
When I said it was time to change I was talking about getting a new blade and discarding the old. My mention of getting an Amana was a declaration that it was time to put in a Shopsmith order. Rereading what I wrote, I can definitely see that I did not communicate my thoughts.
I took it to mean changing from the shopsmith blade to the NOW available amana blade from shopsmith. Ain't english wunnerful? So many ways to interpret it!
fjimp
09-24-2009, 07:15 PM
Dusty several weeks ago I had a similar situation. My immediate solution was to switch from the original equipment shopsmith blade to the Amana. Wow what a blade. Later I cleaned the original blade which improved it's performance but not enough to warrant a switch back to using it. I will send it off to be sharpened one of these days. As I think about this statement, I doubt seriously I will ever have the original blade sharpened. I find the Amana blade so superior I will likely invest in another Amana blade rather than sharpen the old blade. Jim