nicked morso blade

[New Albany Framer]

I just purchased a new set of Morso Chopper blades. Lo and behold, I cut the end off a brad that I did not realize was there. Now I have a very samll triangle shaped nick in one of the upper blades. I have a free sharpening coupon with the blades. Will this nick affect the quality of my cuts? Should I send the blades off to be sharpened? Also, I have an old set of blades that will not completely come together. When you line them up at the top, they come do not line up at the bottom. When you line them up at the bottom, they are not flush at the top. Should I line them up at the top or bottom?

 

[Jay H]

It probably will leave a scar line in your chops. Depending on how deep it is, you just removed months of use from those blades. If their shallow, no biggie. Send em off and be careful!

Good luck.

 

[neilframer]

Sometimes a nick will leave a mark on the cut sometimes not. Try cutting some different scrap profiles, if it doesn't show on the front of the miter or the outside corner I would just use them until they need to be sharpened. At that time they can remove the nick. Make sure the sharpening company knows how to hollow grind and hone the blades. Not everyone does this. If you go to Tech Mark Inc. web site they have a whole explanation of how the blades should be sharpened. Your other blade set may have been sharpened incorrectly which can ruin the blades if metal is taken away from the wrong areas. Blades that have been sharpened a lot can also get to the point where they get too small to be used. I would line up the part where the blade tips come together first and try it that way.

 

[Rick Granick]

It is not critical that the tops of the blades be even. The important thing is to have them aligned evenly down the vertical edge that faces you, with no gaps, and to be sure the sharpened edges come together exactly at the bottom of that edge.
:kaffeetrinker_2: Rick