Wood Chipper Blade Sharpener

Sharp blades require less power from the machine.

Wood chipper blade sharpener.

Proper wood chipper blade maintenance will extend the life of your wood chipper and improve the quality of your output. Sharpening chipper blades often can extend the life of the blades and the chipper machine. Often operators consider wood chipper blades to be a disposable item. Be sure to hold the sander steady and to match the angle of the blades bevel.

To use a disc sander you ll need a vice to hold your blades in place while sharpening. Instead of the horizontal drum this wood chipper has a vertical disk which has blades set into it. Precision sharpening of your wood chipper blades maintaining peak wood chipper performance requires knives that are sharp balanced and well maintained. Sharpen the blades by passing the disc sander over the beveled edges of the blades in quick short strokes.

It s also a far more energy efficient machine than a drum chipper and works quite fast. How i sharpen my chipper blades with a tip from arborist blair glen. If a chipper blade becomes too dull much of the blade itself will have to be removed during the intensive sharpening process.