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Saw chains seem to get dull so quickly! You only hit the ground for an instant. There is a piece of wire that you did not notice. Or there is a hollow section with dirt in it. Bring us your chains!

Chain saws are supposed to produce chips not saw dust. As your saw gets dull the small square chips become smaller and smaller until all you have is powder. Swap chains when you start to see dust.

Yes, but we remove the chain to sharpen it and we will charge you to remove and replace your chain. 

No we have a dedicated chain grinder. First we clean your chain. Then we sharpen the teeth while trying to keep both left and right teeth the same length. Finally we check the rakers. The rakers need to be 20 to 25 thousandths lower than the teeth. Finally we lubricate before we return them to you.

We charge by the number of cutting teeth, $.30 each. We have a minimum charge of $6.00. The longest chain we have ever sharpened was for a 6 foot saw, still only $25 to sharpen.

Even a dull electric hedge clipper makes a great cord cutter. It is a great argument for buying battery powered or a gasoline powered  hedge clipper.

We sharpen each and every tooth so it will cut again.  

There are a lot of different sizes and styles. Most homeowner style hedge clipper cost about $10 per foot of blade.

I grew up on a small blueberry farm.  We pruned the bushes by hand.  It was a good experience but I did not appreciate it at the time. I did learn that a sharp lopper works easier.

When we receive your pruning shears, we disassemble if possible. Then we quickly clean the parts that rub against each other. We remove surface corrosion while doing that. Then we sharpen and reassemble.  finally we give them a shot of lubricant. 

There is nothing too complicated to take care of pruners. Just wipe the metal parts with a little oil or even WD-40 when you put them away. 

We try to keep our service affordable. Most pruners can be resharpened many times for about $5 per sharpening.

We have pictures of bypass pruners. You will also see Anvil pruners in the store. Bypass pruners work better on live branches and Anvil  pruners work better on dead branches. Which ever you have, sharp pruners work better than dull ones!

Axes and hatchets should be as sharp as a knife. If your axe will not cut you by sliding your finger across the blade, we can change that. We can at least stop you from sliding your finger across sharp objects.

This picture is of an axe that was given to me by my father. It was stored in our garage and ignored. I polished the head first with scotch bright then sharpened both edges. It is now stored indoors!

To just sharpen an axe or hatchet, we charge $5 or $6 per edge.  Splitting mauls are the same. If you would like one reconditioned like the picture, we will give a quote after inspection.

Mower blades spin fast!  About 3000 times a minute or 50 times each second is the approximate speed. If that was a car tire you would be traveling over the speed limit. Tire shops take care to balance your tires for a smoother ride. Your blade sharpener should balance your blades too. 

New mower blades are not very sharp. It would be difficult to cut yourself with one.  We try to return your blade as sharp or a little sharper than a new blade. 

We check each blade before we sharpen it.  It is quite difficult to know if a blade is straight. We have a gauge to measure straightness while we balance your blade. If  it is more than 1/4 inch out of straight, we recommend a new blade. We also inspect the trailing side of your blade. If the lift ( raised edge) is worn away the blade will not perform well even when sharp, so we will recommend a new blade.

Most blades will last between 25 and 40 hours of use. That works out to once or twice per summer. Since we only charge $5 or $6 to sharpen, why beat your grass when you can cut it cleanly and neatly?