ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoGrandmom asked me to sharpen her hatchet. What's worth doing is worth over-doingi.imgur.comimagemessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1793arrow-down18
arrow-up1785arrow-down1imageGrandmom asked me to sharpen her hatchet. What's worth doing is worth over-doingi.imgur.comContrarianTrail@lemm.ee to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·25 days agoUh does sharpening really do enough to unbalance it?
minus-squareContrarianTrail@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·25 days agoOne or two times probably not but more than that likely will. Especially if there were major dents you grinded away. You can buy a cheap plastic tool to check the balance and then just grind away from the non blade side to balance it out.
minus-squaresomeguy3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·25 days agoIf you grind the same on each side without trying to get rid of any dents, it would still add up?
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·25 days agoIt can, yes. Remember these are rather heavy blades spinning really fast, so it doesn’t take much.
Uh does sharpening really do enough to unbalance it?
One or two times probably not but more than that likely will. Especially if there were major dents you grinded away. You can buy a cheap plastic tool to check the balance and then just grind away from the non blade side to balance it out.
If you grind the same on each side without trying to get rid of any dents, it would still add up?
It can, yes. Remember these are rather heavy blades spinning really fast, so it doesn’t take much.