Sharpening Blades with The Old Man and the Saw: Wood-Mizer BMS250

We took a ride out to see Dave, better known as The Old Man and the Saw, in order to sharpen some of our used blades with his new Wood-Mizer BMS250.
Check out Dave's Channel: The Old Man and the Saw
/ @theoldmanandthesaw
Our prior video with The Old Man and the Saw:
• Milling Cherry Burl wi...

[@Twobrothersoutdoors]

Nice sharpener! And Dave has all the different degree wheels! I like Dave's dry sense of humor. Good video!

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

Dave is an old school Wise Guy for sure.

[@WilsonForestLands]

I wish I had a Dave nearby who I could come visit once in a while with a box of blades.

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

It is handy to have a Dave nearby and the price was right...lunch at a pizza place.

[@mcsawmill]

when I started watching this video my first thought was "Double Trouble!" lol.. looked like fun!

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

George, it was fun! I think The Old Man's wife told him to try to be sociable and friendly🤣...just kidding Dave!

[@PineInTheAshMilling]

This is great Paul' a video with two of my favorite youtubers,It will get quicker and easier Dave. Are you changing the name too the old man and the saw sharpener now. You can send them to Marty in Penn woodmizer, if you get overwhelmed with blades LOL

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

He's harassing you in the video Paul, as usual! Good to know PA is still sharpening.

[@DANG--]

Nice, very cool when two KZbin channels get together! Great job. Only hints I have is, try to remember you are NOT grinding the teeth, you are just polishing them. That helps me in the process. Also the other hint is Set the teeth first then sharpen them. If a few of the teeth are out of set real bad for some reason they will not get polished as well, and the Grinder may leave a burr on the backside of the tooth and it may throw off your tooth setter later. In the live stream we just had with woodmizer he even said, when woodmizer WAS sharpening blades they always, Set first then sharpen. The "crazy hair" is what makes the video great, it is real people doing real things, way better than watching actors with perfect hair and makeup doing a video.

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

Thanks John! It all starts to make sense when you're able to actually go through the processes. I can see where setting first would affect the final grind of the tooth. The Old Man is responsible for us starting our KZbin Channel, he threatened to continue to harass us until we did. One of our first videos was with T.O.M. when he brought his LT40 out to our place to mill up a Cherry Burl: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4m4loGZbNJld9k

[@DANG--]

@@southernadirondackoutdoors I found that video in a search a long time ago, I did not know you guys then, so I did not ask my question, lol But now I am not scared to comment on your videos anymore. lol So I asked my question now. lol

[@MsdMakingSawDust]

Good demonstration video you guys if you would have moved the old man to the side 😂

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

Thanks Steve! We tried but you know how ornery an old man can be 😁

[@chrissheathewoodguy]

ours is on order. haveing different pich blades will be a reset required for each.. grrrr. no i'm not doing resharps for others neither..

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

Yes, when you change out grinding wheels for a new blade profile you'll need to readjust for that profile. Paul from PineInTheAsh mentioned you'll get quicker at it as you get used to the machine.

[@SwampSawyer]

Good job men. Once you get it set, does it stay there for the next blade? Or do you have to reset for each blade?

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

"If" the next blade is in the same condition as the prior one (same number or prior sharpening's, etc) you shouldn't have to readjust. Blades of the same degree but with different degrees of use may require adjustment. And of course, when changing from one blade degree to another you'll have to start all over again along with changing out the grinding wheel. I can see why someone sharpening as a service for others would want multiple sharpeners each set up for a different blade, but big $.

[@SwampSawyer]

@@southernadirondackoutdoors funny that right after I asked the question Mr Old Man said the answer 🤣

[@TheOldManAndTheSaw]

Who the hell is that old man with the crazy-looking hair? And WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME I LOOKED LIKE I ESCAPED FROM AN INSTITUTION? Anyway....................I had a good time and we'll have to do it again soon. Dave

[@southernadirondackoutdoors]

He always has that look in his eye... ;) We learned a lot, got lots of blades sharpened, and ate very well! Thanks again for a long day of work on the blades.

[@DANG--]

I like the hair !

[@TheOldManAndTheSaw]

@@DANG-- Do you think it'll catch as a fashion statement? It's better than purple or pink. Not much better, but better.

[@TheOldManAndTheSaw]

@@southernadirondackoutdoors Thanks guys. I had a lot of fun and learned a lot myself.