Hey just a pro tip that I use when sharpening knives MAY apply here. Colour in your cutting edge with a black sharpie, gently touch abrasive … if all the sharpie is removed at once you’ve found the correct sharpening angle. I hope this helps
I recommend cleaning the resin off the blade before sharpening. It's easy to do with solvent and the grinding wheel will last much longer. Thanks tfor all your great and helpful reviews!
You’re right, I often chat to the sharpeners when they collect blades and they say most blades are dirty rather than dull. router bits are the worst for resin build up.
@@ToolsAndStuffOFFICIAL simple green works as good or better then solvents and no toxic fumes. Should wear rubber gloves it still can cause skin problems
I'm a complete amateur, but cleaning is, indeed underappreciated. I personally thought I destroyed a small pruning chainsaw chain after working on cherry trees and ended up buying a new one. But recently learned about washing (circular saw blades, in fact), washed that supposedly dead chain with some universal home cleaner, and it is as good as new.
I think the main takeaway from this video is never ever use bamboo composite boards for anything. They fade in the sun, coconuts break them unlike traditional kwila decking, they even go mouldy and are extremely difficult to clean either chemically or pressure cleaning.
The place I worked at we would have a guy who would pickup the blades/cutters/knives and resharpen them, not sure what the cost was but, the circular saw blades were ground on the top of the tip as well as the side, you would lose a small amount of depth of cut as the blade was shortened, perhaps your blade needs the same to be super sharp. I think if you have lots of blades then this tool is a great asset. Also the guy who picked up our blades did so every 2 weeks, which for us was not a problem as we rotated them, but for someone who needs them all the time this is a great tool to have. Good video.
You would think there would be a stop not only when you are bringing the blade into the cutter but also a stop for the material removed... if you don't take the same amount off each tooth the teeth will be at different length making some dull faster than others.
I'm subscribed to every tool review creator on TH-cam and by far your channel is the best, I appreciate the insight, the humor, and all your content above all. Big Makita fan as well. Thanks so much for all the work you put into these great videos. Subscriber for life mate... Cheers
Tremendous and instructive video. Thanks. And thanks for the update above. If you have not already done it, I would strongly consider washing the blades in one of those special solutions that removes the gunk and glue from them first as you may risk transferring that to the Makita sharpener's diamond blade.
That immediately took me back to my beloved Mitutoyo combination square combo with the same finish, it just makes me feel the glorious and sacred craft of tool making.
Good video. I have the same machine also. Had to teach myself how to use it. I always make a point of cleaning the blades first. I also bought a Makita 9804 knife sharpener at the same sale for doing planer & thicknesser knives. Sad to say I can't find any relevant info for the other machine. They both work great however. Very pleased!
Excellent. Currently on Amazon Japan they're sold out. These are sold as chip/brush cutter blade sharpener, however will still work for us carpenters to sharpen circular blades. Funny thing they are similar to one Chinese clone sold under various vendors, one being VEVOR. However, the Makita has more adjustment features and looks better built. What ever the cost, if you as myself have many blades from about 5" up to 12" diameter blades, it will pay for itself. I recently paid about $30 USD to sharpen an 80 tooth 12" blade for my miter saw, and it wasn't even a high end blade. Well it's on my Amazon Japan Wishlist waiting for one to show up. Thanks for the detail review on this one. 😄
It's a tight tolerance version of a miter saw sewing machine and small cut off tool grinder all in one with fine adjustments, seems like an advanced diy project waiting to be done.
never seen that before, I guess it is similar to the Draper 'Draper 98486' which is 230V and is available in the UK, so I guess it could be shipped wordwide? £85 list in UK. I love these obscure tools, especially ones made from real metal ! Thank you.
The intro to this feels like it was lifted straight from Taskmaster. Impressive tool, will be great to hear how you get on with it over time. Unless the wife kicks you out.
You need to clean the blade of all that resin and plastic or the stone will get clogged up with it and not work efficiently at all. I would sharpen every other tooth and rotate the head the opposite direction so the points alternate sides.
Makita is a brand that does what it wants and as it pleases, despite consumers demands and requirements. Whilst making a fantasy “wish list” of tools to design is easy and endless,this ultimately won’t persuade them to create anything or speed any process up non the less.
We use composit products in the USA too unfortunately. They’re gross. Had a similar problem when I first started working with them. Cuts were sloppy and blades got bogged down. The trick, I found, is to use framing blades. Less teeth produces less heat. The heat is what’s melting the plastic part and slowing things down/dulling the blades. I have no idea if that will work on bamboo composites ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know your pain Man.. I bought a brand new blade for my band saw,Had to import it and everything as I cant buy the sizes from my specific saw around me.. spent about 2 hours setting up the saw, then tried to cut literally a 2.mm thick sheet of fr4 with it.. There was sparks.. I thought huh ? Theres no metal in fr4 composite.. That was literally the teeth leaving the blade...lol Never seen a blade wrecked so quickly..
Japan has weird electricity supply. It is 100 volts, but half of the country runs on 50 hertz, and the other half on 60 hertz. I wonder if your power supply is set up for the correct hertz, which may account for the machine running too fast?
I've got a cheap and nasty no name brand which has got several features yours doesn't have. First it has a detent which bottoms out in the previous or next gullet to set how much you grind off. So once set up it's click grind click grind click grind etc. Second it comes with a cone centreing washer so all blades are centred. You could probably buy one or get a freund with a lathe to make one up.
I live in philippines where their appears to be no sharpening services that I have found other than an old guy that goes up and down the roads on his bicycle offering to ruin whatever you give him in his attempt to sharpen it. I have found no place that has machines to sharpen anything carbide with any degree of accuracy. I was expecting from your description for this to cost thousands so when I saw the price and less than 100 bucks to deliver it to Philippines I was very seriously considering buying the only one they had but then I remembered our crazy tax for anything costing over 180 US dollard, here in Philippines , upon checking that the price more than doubled, so sitting here now trying to decide to buy or not to buy, if only it did router bits also. I'll watch the rest of your video, and try to decide, I think I may be stalling hoping someone else buys it , them my problem is over. After watching entire video it appears it's capable of grinding the face only which does help but nothing like grinding all the angles like when a real saw shop sharpens blades, they do the tip, the rake, and if hollow ground, the radius, and they cut like a new blade . The more times you sharpen the facd only, I think you may see in time, that each time you resharpen it, it's slightly less effective than the previous time. I'm still interested because it's better than nothing, but your results were not all that impressive to me, nothing like a pro sharpened blade but definitely better than before you sharpened them.
I’ve often wondered if investing in a sharpening rig would be worth while. I got bored watching you grind about 5 teeth. So that answered that for me 😂. I’m fortunate enough that I send my blunt blades off to the sharpeners on the company’s dime. they come back wax coated and lovely 👌🏻
I'm willing to bet that there is a lot of silica in the resin used in the bamboo board. Locally, the blade sharpener is slow and expensive. He charges the same amount as buying a new blade. I used him once for a router bit, it cost with in $5 of the cost of the blade and the quality of the sharpening was sad, not much better than when I gave it to him. Lesson learned, don't do that again. I would like to get something to sharpen my own cutters.
I was wondering why there isn't an end stop for the axis that moves the blade towards the grinding disc. Would make it heaps easier if you could just set it and don't have to worry to grind into the body of the blade. That would be the first thing I would add to this. Besides great machine. Also got a lot of dull blades kicking about I couldn't get myself to throw out yet - anyone knows of a similar device that is still made?
Yeah, nice. Looks like it’s built in a microscope factory. Never need to sharpen blades on saws I fix up down here in Central Otago. Too many missing teeth😳
I recently noticed for a Makita 40V battery charger sold in Japan they use 100V same as this sharpener. I wound up purchasing the same charger here in the US however for 120V (US standard voltage). Any issues with the transformer you're using? Wondering when I get one, if it would be possible to replace the cable to accept 120V with ground wire (Japan doesn't use a ground as I've noticed in many japanese videos). Again thanks.
Come on man cut out the crap New Zealand started metrication in 1969 probably before you were born, That timber was not 4x2 it was 90x45 mm and the saw blades measure metrically I was born long before you and retired as a builder in 1999 and I have no trouble in referring all things metric. Bob from Australia
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Hey just a pro tip that I use when sharpening knives MAY apply here. Colour in your cutting edge with a black sharpie, gently touch abrasive … if all the sharpie is removed at once you’ve found the correct sharpening angle. I hope this helps
Thanks it does.
I love how your titles are never clickbait.
It ain't clickbait when it's true 😁
@@ToolsAndStuffOFFICIAL exactly man!
I recommend cleaning the resin off the blade before sharpening. It's easy to do with solvent and the grinding wheel will last much longer.
Thanks tfor all your great and helpful reviews!
Yeah I know, I just wanted to get it done. I didn't do the real dirty ones until I could get them cleaned first.
You’re right, I often chat to the sharpeners when they collect blades and they say most blades are dirty rather than dull. router bits are the worst for resin build up.
@@ToolsAndStuffOFFICIAL simple green works as good or better then solvents and no toxic fumes. Should wear rubber gloves it still can cause skin problems
I'm a complete amateur, but cleaning is, indeed underappreciated. I personally thought I destroyed a small pruning chainsaw chain after working on cherry trees and ended up buying a new one. But recently learned about washing (circular saw blades, in fact), washed that supposedly dead chain with some universal home cleaner, and it is as good as new.
I think the main takeaway from this video is never ever use bamboo composite boards for anything. They fade in the sun, coconuts break them unlike traditional kwila decking, they even go mouldy and are extremely difficult to clean either chemically or pressure cleaning.
The place I worked at we would have a guy who would pickup the blades/cutters/knives and resharpen them, not sure what the cost was but, the circular saw blades were ground on the top of the tip as well as the side, you would lose a small amount of depth of cut as the blade was shortened, perhaps your blade needs the same to be super sharp. I think if you have lots of blades then this tool is a great asset. Also the guy who picked up our blades did so every 2 weeks, which for us was not a problem as we rotated them, but for someone who needs them all the time this is a great tool to have. Good video.
You would think there would be a stop not only when you are bringing the blade into the cutter but also a stop for the material removed... if you don't take the same amount off each tooth the teeth will be at different length making some dull faster than others.
That’s the skill in it.
I'm subscribed to every tool review creator on TH-cam and by far your channel is the best, I appreciate the insight, the humor, and all your content above all. Big Makita fan as well. Thanks so much for all the work you put into these great videos. Subscriber for life mate... Cheers
Cheers man, appreciate it. Thanks for watching and commenting. 2 more Makita vids within the next 36hrs.
ok when I saw the silhouette I thought it was a small lathe, but this is very interesting machine, it looks very professional :)
Tremendous and instructive video. Thanks. And thanks for the update above.
If you have not already done it, I would strongly consider washing the blades in one of those special solutions that removes the gunk and glue from them first as you may risk transferring that to the Makita sharpener's diamond blade.
That immediately took me back to my beloved Mitutoyo combination square combo with the same finish, it just makes me feel the glorious and sacred craft of tool making.
I think you need a Makita CHAIN MORTISER. At least, that's a video I would like to see.
The look on your wife's face as you take two off cuts in and tell her it justified the expense - priceless!
Good video. I have the same machine also. Had to teach myself how to use it. I always make a point of cleaning the blades first. I also bought a Makita 9804 knife sharpener at the same sale for doing planer & thicknesser knives. Sad to say I can't find any relevant info for the other machine. They both work great however. Very pleased!
Excellent. Currently on Amazon Japan they're sold out. These are sold as chip/brush cutter blade sharpener, however will still work for us carpenters to sharpen circular blades. Funny thing they are similar to one Chinese clone sold under various vendors, one being VEVOR. However, the Makita has more adjustment features and looks better built. What ever the cost, if you as myself have many blades from about 5" up to 12" diameter blades, it will pay for itself. I recently paid about $30 USD to sharpen an 80 tooth 12" blade for my miter saw, and it wasn't even a high end blade.
Well it's on my Amazon Japan Wishlist waiting for one to show up. Thanks for the detail review on this one. 😄
Love the channel. Constantly baffled when you talk about centimeters and millimeters though. Pause and google pops up instantly.
It's a tight tolerance version of a miter saw sewing machine and small cut off tool grinder all in one with fine adjustments, seems like an advanced diy project waiting to be done.
never seen that before, I guess it is similar to the Draper 'Draper 98486' which is 230V and is available in the UK, so I guess it could be shipped wordwide? £85 list in UK. I love these obscure tools, especially ones made from real metal ! Thank you.
The intro to this feels like it was lifted straight from Taskmaster. Impressive tool, will be great to hear how you get on with it over time. Unless the wife kicks you out.
Taskmaster must be rubbing off on me.
This is the best tool you have had on here yet
You need to clean the blade of all that resin and plastic or the stone will get clogged up with it and not work efficiently at all. I would sharpen every other tooth and rotate the head the opposite direction so the points alternate sides.
Makita is a brand that does what it wants and as it pleases, despite consumers demands and requirements. Whilst making a fantasy “wish list” of tools to design is easy and endless,this ultimately won’t persuade them to create anything or speed any process up non the less.
I believe I have just been watching you sharpening saw blades
Your wife will forgive you once you've sharpened all her old blades.
We use composit products in the USA too unfortunately. They’re gross.
Had a similar problem when I first started working with them. Cuts were sloppy and blades got bogged down.
The trick, I found, is to use framing blades. Less teeth produces less heat. The heat is what’s melting the plastic part and slowing things down/dulling the blades.
I have no idea if that will work on bamboo composites ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know your pain Man.. I bought a brand new blade for my band saw,Had to import it and everything as I cant buy the sizes from my specific saw around me.. spent about 2 hours setting up the saw, then tried to cut literally a 2.mm thick sheet of fr4 with it.. There was sparks.. I thought huh ? Theres no metal in fr4 composite.. That was literally the teeth leaving the blade...lol Never seen a blade wrecked so quickly..
Don't your tool shops in new zealand offer blade sharpening services? It's pretty common in the UK. They even re-teeth them if needed.
Japan has weird electricity supply. It is 100 volts, but half of the country runs on 50 hertz, and the other half on 60 hertz. I wonder if your power supply is set up for the correct hertz, which may account for the machine running too fast?
I see those for sale all over eBay and AliExpress, just not with the Makita branding.
I've got a cheap and nasty no name brand which has got several features yours doesn't have.
First it has a detent which bottoms out in the previous or next gullet to set how much you grind off. So once set up it's click grind click grind click grind etc.
Second it comes with a cone centreing washer so all blades are centred. You could probably buy one or get a freund with a lathe to make one up.
Looks cool
Looks like a saw blade sharpener from the silhouette. Now to watch and find out.
I live in philippines where their appears to be no sharpening services that I have found other than an old guy that goes up and down the roads on his bicycle offering to ruin whatever you give him in his attempt to sharpen it. I have found no place that has machines to sharpen anything carbide with any degree of accuracy.
I was expecting from your description for this to cost thousands so when I saw the price and less than 100 bucks to deliver it to Philippines I was very seriously considering buying the only one they had but then I remembered our crazy tax for anything costing over 180 US dollard, here in Philippines , upon checking that the price more than doubled, so sitting here now trying to decide to buy or not to buy, if only it did router bits also. I'll watch the rest of your video, and try to decide, I think I may be stalling hoping someone else buys it , them my problem is over.
After watching entire video it appears it's capable of grinding the face only which does help but nothing like grinding all the angles like when a real saw shop sharpens blades, they do the tip, the rake, and if hollow ground, the radius, and they cut like a new blade . The more times you sharpen the facd only, I think you may see in time, that each time you resharpen it, it's slightly less effective than the previous time.
I'm still interested because it's better than nothing, but your results were not all that impressive to me, nothing like a pro sharpened blade but definitely better than before you sharpened them.
I’ve often wondered if investing in a sharpening rig would be worth while. I got bored watching you grind about 5 teeth. So that answered that for me 😂. I’m fortunate enough that I send my blunt blades off to the sharpeners on the company’s dime. they come back wax coated and lovely 👌🏻
I'm willing to bet that there is a lot of silica in the resin used in the bamboo board.
Locally, the blade sharpener is slow and expensive. He charges the same amount as buying a new blade. I used him once for a router bit, it cost with in $5 of the cost of the blade and the quality of the sharpening was sad, not much better than when I gave it to him. Lesson learned, don't do that again. I would like to get something to sharpen my own cutters.
What about triple chip and atb blades? Also you need to use a pcd blade for that compressed timber. Standard carbide isn’t hard enough.
I was wondering why there isn't an end stop for the axis that moves the blade towards the grinding disc. Would make it heaps easier if you could just set it and don't have to worry to grind into the body of the blade. That would be the first thing I would add to this. Besides great machine. Also got a lot of dull blades kicking about I couldn't get myself to throw out yet - anyone knows of a similar device that is still made?
There is a stop.
@@ToolsAndStuffOFFICIAL Then I haven't caught it, thanks for clarifying.
Strips of aluminum can work well as a shim
Yeah, nice. Looks like it’s built in a microscope factory.
Never need to sharpen blades on saws I fix up down here in Central Otago. Too many missing teeth😳
On the blades or the people?
🤣🤣🤣
@@toolscientist ouch 😅
Perfect I can send you my 260mm skill saw blade as a new one is over $200 😢
Very very cool tool
Thanks for showing us.
No problem 👍
I recently noticed for a Makita 40V battery charger sold in Japan they use 100V same as this sharpener. I wound up purchasing the same charger here in the US however for 120V (US standard voltage). Any issues with the transformer you're using? Wondering when I get one, if it would be possible to replace the cable to accept 120V with ground wire (Japan doesn't use a ground as I've noticed in many japanese videos). Again thanks.
Very, very cool
Does this work for carbide tip blades? Would it not just strip off the tip?
Yep sure does the blades shown in the video are carbide tipped, they can be resharpened a number of times.
Diamond wheel trumps carbide tips
I may not have one but as a machinist I knew what it was from the thumbnail :P
Cool that makita made one, I used to do it on a surface grinder.
I use the aluminum blade
Nice machine 😊😊😊😊😊
👍👍👍.Thank you
I have a vevor version UK 230volt
What about to sharpening carbide tipped blade for metal cutting?
The blades I sharpen in the video are also carbide. So yes, it sharpens metal cutting blades.
Cant do pcd blades
What racing did you leave to watch?
SC GC
What is it , I want one
To me, that is ridiculous of Makita to sell a tool that is not compliant with this part of the world.
Did you just the hz of the input into the machine or just convert the voltage
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What you on about? Rare!! Iv got two and a parts one!!!! 🤪
Yeah yeah
you still haven't told us what happened to that broken 5ah xgt battery :)
Working up to it my friend I’m a bit embarrassed 😞
@@UKTOOLTALK don't be, we all had our "moments" :D
Why do you have to earth it, it’s obviously made for the American market, if there’s no earth now it won’t need one.
Come on man cut out the crap New Zealand started metrication in 1969 probably before you were born, That timber was not 4x2 it was 90x45 mm and the saw blades measure metrically I was born long before you and retired as a builder in 1999 and I have no trouble in referring all things metric. Bob from Australia
Have you considered that he has a lot of Americans who watch?
110 v is alot .200 is to much anything 110 or
Higher should be on its own breaker I think you meant amps or wats or something ither than volts
125k yen sounds reasonable
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