Chipper blades

[brendonv]

$730 for cordless version.

Knife saver works very good imo.

 

[NickfromWI]

I got a bundle of 4 sets of knives. Just bought 1 more. When the new ones arrive, I'm gathering up all the sets and sending them to treestuff for a sharpening.

 

[Merle Nelson]

No pics but did Google “Bevel Buddy” and see YouTube vids up. Not 100% sold on it just interested. It does seem to be grinding flat side of knife to true it up. That may have a lot more lost when do a blade removal and have sharpened.

If this does look really promising I will use Knife Saver for multiple times to extend efficiency just like I do now and then I would hope to be able to use Bevel Buddy to extend longer for two or three sharpenings. (I try to run zero dirt and gravel through chipper.)

 

[RopeArmour]

like saw chain I touch it up often.
Keeping up with the bed knife is pia.

 

[Altissimus]

...I bought extra knives ... run till dull then replace. When I have two dull, ship to Morbark...

 

[stig]

That is how I used to do it.
But since we rent out our chipper, we do have dull blades a bit more often, so now I alternate between 6 sets of blades to ensure I always have plenty of sharp ones in stock.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Rent out your chipper? No way!

 

[stig]

Why not?
It has proven to be good business for us.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I would hate to think how they'd abuse it.

 

[Altissimus]

...I will rent out in a sense, I am the operator comes with the price, if they are competent they can feed as well. The thought of being like a rent it yard where they hitch up and drive off with my machine for a day of beating ..no way...

 

[MasterBlaster]

No, I mean letting complete strangers operate it.

Stig, did you mean you provided the operator, too? THAT, I can understand.

 

[Altissimus]

When I rented the yard said the Bandit generally came back w / dull kinves and more than half the time a plugged infeed

 

[MasterBlaster]

It's like renting out your saws.

 

[Altissimus]

...first thing they would check when equipment came back was the hitch, seems people bend them up in reverse with no trailering skill quite often