How To Sharpen Sheet Metal Shears

They must be sharpened periodically to ensure that they function properly.

How to sharpen sheet metal shears.

However after extended use these blades can dull and become ineffective. This video demonstrates our metal shear blade sharpening service. The file works very well on hedge and pruning shears. Usually if the blade is not too blunt all you need is a medium and fine hand file to shape the edge and finish the blade off with a sharpening stone with a little oil on it.

You could use an angle grinder a bench grinder a hand file or a sharpening stone. The shears are sold equipped with razor sharp blades from the factory. If you re not sure whether they re mean. Hedge shears are a great tool for controlling your landscaping and giving it a personal touch.

Unless you re a pro it s best to stay away from using a grinding tool to sharpen your shears. Over time these tools often become dull. The best and simplest was is to use a 10 in. This will make them increasingly difficult to use.

Many methods may be used to sharpen sheet metal cutting shears some of which require specialized tools. It shows how we sharpen two sheet metal guillotine shear blades at 3 meters each on our wor.