[Jewelry making - Article 00051] - Re: [Orchid] Sharpening disc cutters

[James Binnion]

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>     Is there a way to sharpen them? 

    Yes the same way they were sharpened the first time, on a tool called
    a surface grinder using a punch sharpening jig. Take them to a
    machine shop with these tools and it will take only a few moments to
    do each one. There is no easy way to do it without this kind of
    tooling or a similar rigid, accurate, machine tool. Sand paper will
    just dull them by rounding the edges, you need a good hard, loosely
    bonded grinding stone to keep from doing this kind of damage and you
    cannot hold them by hand with enough accuracy to get a decent edge 

James Binnion
jbin AT mokume-gane.com
James Binnion Metal Arts
http://www.mokume-gane.com
360-756-6550
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