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Thread: Protecting Cutting Edges
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7th Sep 2020, 04:48 PM #1Golden Member
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Protecting Cutting Edges
I am soon to commence sharpening my old cutters, mills and drills etc. What do people use on the cutting faces to protect them? The obvious answer would be to dip them in melted candle wax but that doesn't look to be a perfect solution. Are there any products on the market designed for this?
EDIT: Typical - found nothing by searching the forum, posted, then found a very recent thread..... https://metalworkforums.com/showthre...95#post1955695 ....... sorry
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7th Sep 2020, 06:41 PM #2Most Valued Member
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Just curious. Are you wanting to protect them from impact damage or corrosion?
If the former, then they should be stored so there's no possibility of them banging together. If the latter, Lanox is good.Chris
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7th Sep 2020, 07:37 PM #3Golden Member
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more from banging around in the drawers but also corrosion over time dulling the edge
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8th Sep 2020, 08:31 AM #4Most Valued Member
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The plastic tube type things they come in new are available from Ali express
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8th Sep 2020, 06:50 PM #5
Hi Guys,
I use bits of plastic or rubber tube to protect round tools, and pieces of plastic paper binders for chisels and blades.Best Regards:
Baron J.
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You could also use PVC pipe, if it's too small cut a slit down the side, and if it's too large cut a piece out of the sides and use 2-3 hose clamps to hold it in place while you run a heat gun over it to reform the shape.
A good spray of Inox should keep the rust at bay. I prefer Inox to WD40 etc, as it seems to hold on better.
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9th Sep 2020, 08:37 AM #7Senior Member
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Cutting edge protection
Hello to all.
I use a wax on annular cutters after grinding. Heat it up in an old electric deep fryer. 15 years ago I bought a carton from a packaging merchant in Melbourne. Sorry there are no markings of any kind on the box. I found it by searching Google.
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BC
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11th Sep 2020, 05:14 PM #9Most Valued Member
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Let us know how you go, as I'm in a similar situation with quite a few old cutters to sharpen when I finally get the TC grinder finished.
The plastic tubes are great, but do consume quite a bit of space in themselves, and unless you've got them well labelled you end up opening them to check the contents.
The other thing I like about having the coating on them is that "if its coated, then it hasn't been used since sharpening".
If you don't have any luck locally I see McMaster-Carr in the US has it in blocks that shouldn't be a problem to ship. It would need to be done through a forwarding agent though as I don't think they ship directly to AU.
https://www.mcmaster.com/hot-melt-coatings/
Steve
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11th Sep 2020, 06:30 PM #10
Hi Guys,
I don't know if its the same over there, but wax candles are almost being given away at the moment, you know those smelly ones in glass jars !Best Regards:
Baron J.
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12th Sep 2020, 12:55 AM #12
Hi Steve,
Yes they usually are quite pricey ! We were looking at some wax candles in a garden place, £1 apiece to get rid of them. Of course the smelly has dissipated and they don't smell very much if at all any more, so nobody was buying them !
Ok if you want a glass jar with a glass stopper and are prepared to melt the wax out.Best Regards:
Baron J.
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