How To Sharpen Sheet Metal Shears

The shears are sold equipped with razor sharp blades from the factory.

How to sharpen sheet metal shears.

Sharpen hedge shears with a file. There are several tools you could use to sharpen a blade. Many methods may be used to sharpen sheet metal cutting shears some of which require specialized tools. However after extended use these blades can dull and become ineffective.

Usually if the blade is not too blunt all you need is a medium and fine hand file to shape the edge and finish the blade off with a sharpening stone with a little oil on it. This video demonstrates our metal shear blade sharpening service. You could use an angle grinder a bench grinder a hand file or a sharpening stone. They must be sharpened periodically to ensure that they function properly.

Over time these tools often become dull. It shows how we sharpen two sheet metal guillotine shear blades at 3 meters each on our wor. The best and simplest was is to use a 10 in. One easy way to tell that it is time to sharpen your shears is if you feel a lot of resistance when using them.

If you re not sure whether they re mean. This will make them increasingly difficult to use.