Catclaw sharpener help

[motohed]

Another thing that I have not seen  mensioned in this post is that you may also be getting the rock out of round ,when dressing it . This can cause quite a few problems on it's own . If you don't spin the wheel by hand close to the blade before you start sharpening . You may be setting up on the the low side of the wheel  and when the high side comes around the grind will be heavy . This will cause bluing and profile change also .

[Chuck White]

Mine goes just like yours Steve!
When I'm sharpening a new blade for the first time, it don't get it all, but it'll clean up nice the next time I sharpen it!
I don't usually send it through the sharpener 2 revolutions.  I'd be taking off metal that I don't need to! 

[bandmiller2]

Do you guys set before sharpening every time??I have a dial indicator and check the set if its close I don't bother setting, it usally works out to every outher grinding,unless I hit nails then it goes through setting.Most bands its once around the block with minimal removal.Frank C.

[Chuck White]

I always set, then sharpen!

That way, I don't have to mess with deburring the back side of the blade!

It really speeds things up and the burr goes away within a pass or two through the log and the blade cuts just as well as if the burr was removed by hand!

[ladylake]

Do you guys set before sharpening every time??I have a dial indicator and check the set if its close I don't bother setting, it usally works out to every outher grinding,unless I hit nails then it goes through setting.Most bands its once around the block with minimal removal.Frank C.

 About the same here except I just eyeball them, every 2nd sharpening most times. I like to have bands with varying degrees of set. Lots of set for dry pine, not much for frozen logs.    Steve

[LorenB]

Do you guys set before sharpening every time??I have a dial indicator and check the set if its close I don't bother setting, it usally works out to every outher grinding,unless I hit nails then it goes through setting.Most bands its once around the block with minimal removal.Frank C.

Like you, bandmiller2, I set only if it’s necessary.  I also have a dial indicator to check the set.  With this latest batch of ten blades I found that all of the ones up for their first sharpening were close enough.  Most of the rest, on their third or fourth sharpenings, needed setting. 

I also set before I sharpen.  I’ve tried setting after sharpening, but dealing with the burr was a real nuisance.  That burr probably messes up the setter, and I know it produces errors in reading the dial indicator. 

– Loren