Thank you for this video, sir. My wife just bought me this machine for Christmas as my miter saw blade is burning wood after cutting some old reclaimed lumber. I plan on sharpening it this spring before projects get underway, and this is the only video I've seen that covers everything step by step without getting frustrated and saying it needs to be altered. I liked and saved the video so I can watch the video again later to make sure I remember everything when the time comes. Best wishes to you and yours.

I have Watched a lot of vids on harbor freight sharpening machine. Your the first I’ve seen showing the process all the way through. Thank you. Makes me see mine in a whole new light.

Nice job, simple precise and to the point. well done!

Great educational lessons. I enjoyed and learned immensely.

Nice video on how to do both the face and top edge. Thanks for posting

Thanks so much great video. I’ve seen other videos about the sharpener and no one went into detail like you did thank you.

Thank you this has been the best yet ,and a great help

Thank you for the great explanation and the video.

Thank you, I just purchased this unit. I can figure things out but I was looking for a setup video. Like you said there are lots of reviews, I wanted to watch a setup and uses. I found yours, I thumb ups and subscribed.

Very informative. This product is sold as the Sealey SMS 2003 in the UK. It is practically identical. The top edge set for the tool was really useful as I had got to the state where I was going to take a sledge hammer to it.

Really enjoyed your video sir. Answered many of my questions.

Thank you for a very informative video.

More than excellent tutorial!! I just bought one of these HF Saw blade sharpeners to recover my investment in the numerous blades I have collected over the years. I have sharpened 2 blades so far; a practice on an old style style rip blade and my Bosch 80 tooth miter blade. Here are some discoveries that might help some of the folks on your channel: 1) Inspect the sharpener like a quality control person. I found that the nut on the arbor was bored and threaded off vertical causing the blades to wobble. I checked everything from the motor shaft to the thrust washers, and blades and nothing showed up. The last thing I checked was the 17mm x 1.5 nut on the arbor. Just turning the nut on the arbor showed that the nut wobbled! Not good and it took about 2 hrs to troubleshoot. 2) When adjusting the click-stop indexer, install another washer (2) under the bolt head to keep it from "walking" as you tighten the bolt. Same thing for blade rest and arm. After a few runs on my blades, they cut like brand new! Thanks again for a great video. You are an excellent teacher.

Good video not to many others actually show everything right to the point

So I just bought this same one on clearance. The instructions state Stone wheel for steel, Diamond of Carbide. The emery Stone wheel comes with 2 Washers that should be used to replace the bushings used of the diamond wheel as well. Outside of that, really good instructions for setting up and facing the blade.

Needs a bigger washer on the increment stop and maybe a handle instead of just a nut. Less movement and more secure when setting. Setup video is a great move as most people don't go into detail on the most critical part. Great video!

Great video, thank you for posting. I enjoy Harbor Freights power tools, but I know going in I am going to have to tweak / modify upgrade nuts and bolts use lock tight in places.

Thanks for the info very informative

I just found your video and watched it after watching another video on this unit. The other guy set his up improperly, and didn't, IMO, come anywhere to getting the results you did, and he never even mentioned the top grind. With all the blades I have accumulated over the last few decades, I can now purchase one of these units and it will pay for itself in just a few blades being properly sharpened. Thanks for the video.

I was a little worried about installing the blade after reading a couple of reviews. But it was amazingly easy. Took about 1 minute. Works great kzfaq.infoUgkxjpBI8OOeUXib_iT7UomCrQ-uauwZJ62c . Cuts easily and is perfect for pocket cuts I needed to make for replacing some old deck boards.

Thanks. I needed to see how to do the face sharpen.

I've been wanting to get that sharpener. It helped me make up my mine to get one. I own their chainsaw chain sharpener that I'm very happy with so I think this will be another good investment. Thank you

Thank you for doing this.I really thought you would sharpen the angle from the start

That was the best video on this subject I have found. Great job and looking foward to many more to come.

It's funny the h/f video of using this machine, does not facing the carbide tooth. Thank you for the lesson. I myself want to add this sharpening to my business portfolio. Thanks Again 😊

Great vid thankyou I just bought the same unit and was wondering how this was done for the back cut

Thanks for showing the functions of this sharpener. As I have trouble finding flat top blades for the table saw, can you tell if the sharpener can be positioned to REGRIND THE BEVELED TOP BLADES TO HAVE A FLAT TOP? I'm surer some carbide will be lost making such a transformation to the teeth. As I use flat top blades almost exclusively, this may solve the problem of blades being hard to find!

I wouldn’t buy one of these machines because of not being able to sharpen the top face. Now you just made a sale for harbor freight. Thanks for this video!

To have an "identical" sharpening on each tooth, I would set the blade locking pin on a more acute angle in order to reach the bottom of the tooth with it. Indeed, by relying on the flat of the carbide plate, at the end of sharpening we rely on teeth "already reduced in thickness". As a result, the last sharpened teeth will be reduced by twice the initial thickness selected. What do you think about of my feeling?

I noticed two parts that you didn't read the manual close enough. The part where it said the Emery wheel can only be used to sharpen steel tips. And installing the emery wheel you needed to remove the inner and outer flange and replace them with the flange washers.

Thanks for posting video. Anyone else noticed carbide teeth getting chipped with the delivered diamond wheel which is quite course. You may need a good magnifier or jewlers loop to get a good view of teeth pre and post sharpening.

Excellent video! ❤subbed and liked 👍. I just sharpened my circular saw blade for aluminium (TCT) 5 minutes of sharpening but 1 hour to setup. Like everything it takes a few times and speed increases. Cheers from Australia 👍.

Thanks from the UK for your detailed guide. Was good to share the frustration trying to set up the angles. It's not a 5 minute job. It cost £75 here which is about $60 but they charge about $7 on average to sharpen blades here but I keep buying new ones as they often cost less than the sharpening charge and you don't have to wait or collect. However, I now have about 15 blades so the machine was a good investment....and we men like our toys?? Thanks again.

Excellent, thank you!

The other thing I noticed that you didn't show was the stop mechanism that stops the sharping disk from cutting to far into the blade but again great vid

Thank you for this video! You start where the others stop, and provide, as Paul Harvey used to say, "The Rest of the Story." I know there are blades where the top bevels alternate left, right and flat. Would I be correct to assume that only the grinder anglre changes to address the flat top teeth?

Thank you sir , it will help me out

Great tip.

its a great video , father paw always be careful with blades i just hate them , and i like to call you father i remember my father when i watch you he was a mechanic.god bless you father paw.

Got my sharpener yesterday. Great video to show me how to use this thing properly Thanks

Hartelijk dank voor deze video ik heb erg veel aan gehad had nog beter geweest inhet Nederlands toch bedankt Ger Boerdijk

Good educational video

Thank you 😊

THANK YOU SIR!!!

I have seen many of the videos of blade sharpening with this rig. I always knew that there was an angle they were always missing. Thank you for showing a complete sharpening. Speaking of the top angle, I have a question. Blades come with alternating points so that when you cut a dado with a single blade, you get little ridges from the center of the blade. These are resolved by flat-tooth blades. Can you use this rig to flatten the blades so they produce flat cuts? Are there any limitations to the design of the blades that might prevent this from working?

Thank you so much

Thank you, not body has done a quality job of describing the top grind

Great video, but I am not understanding why you switched to a convectional grinding wheel to TOP the carbide teeth?

Where did you find that angled emory blade? it looks like the unit comes with a flat emory blade. Great video!

Enjoy your video, suggestion, get a closer view of the top of the tooth grinding. I had to up the video up in my 75” tv to see How you did it. Thanks for the lesson.

The Emery blade: does it come with the sharpener or do you need to buy it separately? What is the part Number?

I find it HARD to get the right angle. I've tried permanent markers. It seems as; get started good something changes on the blade. I tried an Oldham today and something changed.. but after I put it on my table saw it cut like butter. I've been cutting with same blade now for a year or better WOW what a nice change.. thanks for the video😇

Nice video, good information. Surprised you don’t have issues with the tool with no mods? Thanks much, SteveK

So you used the emery blade for the carbide tops rather than the diamond? Could you still use the diamond blade? Would hate to wear out the emery blade, and the manual says only to use it for steel.

Very nice tool. How can I buy one like this?

It's been said in other vids on this machine that the wheel is about 150 grit and you need to finish above 300 grit if you want longer lasting teeth. But someone commented that you have to change arbors to do that? Wouldn't just flipping the blade over line up the emery wheel with the opposed teeth?

If alternating teeth on the top face are different angles, why aren't the front faces also different angles? Is it just the way the carbide tips are cut?

nice vid, I'm sure many will find it very helpful. I would say the "stop' (we called them fingers in the old days ) just needs to be barely down in the throat of the tooth, not all the way to the bottom. . As long as the teeth are in decent shape and clean you'll find it alot easier to rotate the blade. again, well done

Excellent comprehensive video, the only one that shows the top face being sharpened. The only thing that was not quite clear is why the new wheel was necessary. Could we have sharpened the top face using the original wheel it came with? or do we have to buy another one like you had to be able to do it. You did not spend too much time explaining that point.

Mate you don't want to set the stop so it touches the tooth because when you get all the way round the blade the last few teeth will be sharpened with the stop resting on teeth that have already been sharpened making for a deeper cut on the last few teeth, set it to touch against the gulley which never changes. The other wheel is not for use on the TC teeth it is for sharpening HSS blades. You shouldn't be sharpening the top of the teeth, doing it freehand like that you cannot be totally accurate and you will end up with some teeth longer than others and the longer teeth will be doing all the work from then on.!!

Just 1 question When sharpening the tips with the angle is there a certain degree of pitch or did u just line it up bye eye

I have watched a couple of these how to,s and not once has anyone shown the adjustment to stop the motor from coming forward and cutting into the gullet.

Can you please tell me where you get the Emery Blade from? It would be very helpful thanks.

Thank you

After setting the angle for the top, could you not just flip the blade and not go thru the opposite angle adjustment?

You could purchase 2 of these and set the second one up with the emory disc. Save a lot of time if you have a number of blades

When you get done facing off every other head on one side, can't you just take the blade off flip it upside down to do the rest of the heads without having to make more adjustments to the angle?

Can you flip the blade instead of resetting the machine in touching the top of the blade?

I love how your Safety shield is up the whole time , but great Video

It still a lot of work to sharpen the blade Is it worth it or buy a new blade

If you live in Paw Paw, WV I'm gonna die laughing at the awesome.

Ok,so I’m a little confused. When I looked at my 40 tooth combo blade the whole tooth looks like it’s on an angle.

Hi my name is Kevin from Aus I noterest that you did not use a Dimond grinding wheel to grind the face of the tooth we use a 12A2 180 grit your tooth rest should be at the tooth behind the one you are sharpening the top of should be at same angle on both sides the the top of the tooth {point on each tooth] these are the scribers these do most of the cutting that gives you good finish the saw you sharen is a ATB type blade our company does a lot of sharpening of all types cutters all the best Kevin.

How come your not sharpening alternate teeth,different angle?

Using an emery wheel for grinding carbide? You may be able to clean up the surface a little but that's about it.

alternate beveled tooth blade??

I can not get the other side the tilt on the motor

What is the hole size of the cutting blade?

Take time to show the set up on angle s besides a 90 degree, this angle is shown 99% of the time. I have one and get the joints tight. Thanks for the demo.

Why couldn't you just flip the blade over to do the second facing ?

I want buy this machine

How about plywood blades

I don't understand why the need to change the diamond disc to the other disc when grinding the TOP face; after all, the TOP face is the same material as the other faces.

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Why are you not using a diamond wheel to sharpen the top face of the CARBIDE teeth ?????

Hey this is the video John Johnson

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Mark the face of the tooth with a magic marker

Throw away the wrenches they don't fit the arber nut was on so tight I had to use a socket set to get it off than had to drill out the alien head on motor it was so tight and the alien wrench stripped it out so bought new ones that was just out of the box tomorrow I will start sharing my blades but real good video thanks

This device must cost a fortune! Cheaper to buy a new blade surely? I have heard that TC tips can get a build up on them and normally just need cleaning with detergent.

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Why on earth do people use wooden inserts where the saw blade is. Normally speaking the saw makers provides a blade insert!

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Don’t buy one, steel nuts, going on aluminum threads, they will strip with only one or two use. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame shame on me. You did a good job on the video, do it a few times and you will change your mind about the machine.

NEVER use the sharpened part of the tooth to set the position of the next tooth. your "locking mechanism" needs to be resting against a part of the tooth that doesn't get sharpened, or it'll shift more and more out of alignment with the tooth spacing and you'll ruin your blade.

Cool vid but easier for me to pay someone to sharpen my blades. I generally need 5 done every few months and they are all different blade types.

Blade has "Combination" on it, yet you were sharpening it as a rip blade at first??? Next you are showing the same blade, having alternating angled teeth, which I expected, and you are explaining that you need to setup for sharpening a combination or crosscut blade for the alternating angles, as I expected. I am confused. Thinking for a minute and watching more...... OH, ....I get it, just the top of this blade has alternating angles. That I didn't expect. So the 90 degree is for ripping and the alternating top angle does the cross cutting. I will have to have a closer look at my blades.

I know this is quite some time again, but, one must be aware of the dangers of tungsten carbide, the stuff the teeth are made of, it is dangerous to sharpen without proper protection, the dust will not only cut your lungs up, but it contains heavy metals that will poison you over time. if you must sharpen blades, please wear the proper respirator cartridges and do it outside. and look up the CDC warning and dangers of this material

Please stop saying I will GO AHEAD. It is just not necessary. Nice job on the video.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! You don't ever need to sharpen the top face of a carbide saw blade! EVER!!! For what possible reason?