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Specifications
- Grit: Coarse, Fine, Extra-Fine
- Material: Diamond and Arkansas
- Size: 8.00 x 2.50
- Special Features: Easy Stone Rotation & ID, Non-Slip Rubber Feet, Premium Honing Solution
- Type: Bench
8 in. Diamond Tri-Hone, Smith’s Sharpener
Concessionaires Shave Ice Blade Roundup
Concessionaires roundup those old sno-kone, shave ice blades laying around and have them sharpened and ready for backup.
This is supposed to be a big year for local festivals, concerts and birthday parties.
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Sno-Kone blades are sharpened using a water cooled wheel grinder to guard against changing the temper of the steel.
Scissors/Shears Care
Scissors or Shears Care and Maintenance
* Keep dry, clean and wipe fingerprints and moisture off, after use, with a soft all cotton cloth or chamois. Occasionally oil the screw area at the base of the scissors blades. Store in box or pouch to help protect the cutting edges. Have blades sharpened and/or screw adjusted professionally at regular intervals.
* Don’t use scissors, designed for cutting fabric on anything other than fabric. Don’t use scissors designed for cutting hair on anything other than hair. Don’t use fabric or hair type of scissors on paper or cardboard.
What is the difference between scissors and shears?
* Whatever task they perform, scissors or shears are based on a simple machine: the lever.
* Scissors are cutting instruments which have two identical finger rings in the handle. Scissors are usually 6 inches or less in length.
* Shears have one finger ring which is larger than the other one. Shears are usually at least 6 inches or longer in overall length. The heavy-duty trimming scissors employed in gardening are known as shears, as are the instruments used by professional dressmakers and hairdressers.
Scissors and Shears Care and Maintenance article above contributed by Copyright ©Byron Rogers All rights reserved.
Have your scissors & shears sharpened to maintain cleaner, faster and easier cuts.
Yard Tool Care
Your yard and garden tools will last longer if you take proper care of them. That means cleaning immediately after working with a tool, you can brush off the tool with a wire brush or other cleaning implement. If you can store your tools in an area with good air circulation, you can use a pressure nozzle to wash off the blade. Just make sure that it will dry quickly.
If tools sit in wet conditions, wood handles will swell and crack, and steel blades will rust. If you have used a tool to prune or cut a plant that produces a lot of sap (pine trees, dogwood trees, euphorbias), you will want to clean off the blade with a bit of solvent to remove anything gummy. Once the tool is dry, wipe the tool blade with a thin coating of oil. A mixture of motor oil and kerosene will prevent steel blades from rusting.
Make your work go faster and easier with sharpened tools, and the clean cuts you get with sharpened tools are healthier for plants and trees.
Chainsaw Chain Care
Saw Chain Care:
- Avoid hitting dirt, rocks, or any other abrasive material while cutting.
- Check the chain tension often. Never allow the chain to sag.
- Never force a dull chain to cut. You will severely damage the chain, the bar, the sprocket, the clutch, and possibly the engine.
- Never install a new chain without replacing a worn sprocket.
- Always file cutters to correct angles and lengths both left and right.
- Measure the depth gauges with every chain sharpening and lower as necessary.
- Check the entire chain often for visible wear.
- Check the depth of the bar groove for proper drive link clearance and examine the bar rails for even wear.
- Always wear gloves when handling saw chain.
- Keep a scabbard on the bar when saw is not in use.
- Make sure that your chain is always properly lubricated. Always use quality bar & chain oil. Do not use motor oil.
Knife Care
- Knife Care and Maintenance: Keep the blades dry and wipe fingerprints and moisture off, after use, with a soft all cotton cloth or chamois. This is particularly important with blades of high carbon steel. Tarnishing or oxidation is a normal property of carbon steel and cannot be avoided. This normal oxidation or tarnish actually helps protect the knife from rust and will have blue gray tones, rather than rust red tones. Applying a couple drops of any quality oil or silicon treatment to the blade with a soft all cotton cloth will provide excellent protection. A good wax is also excellent protection.
- Check your knives often for possible trouble spots. If you see tarnish or oxidation develop with reddish tones, this is the start of rust and should be cleaned as quickly as possible. If any stains appear, try removing the stain or tarnish with a standard metal cleaner or polish. Blades of most stainless steels used in knives are not rustproof but are rust or stain resistance. Therefore stainless steel blades should still be kept clean and wiped dry after use.
- Knife Care and Maintenance article above contributed by Copyright ©Byron Rogers. All rights reserved.
Sno-Kone Blades Sharpened
Sno-Kone Blades Sharpened ...click for more info
Sno-kone blade sharpening charges: $1.00 per inch per blade, $3.00 min per blade.
Sno-Kone blades are sharpened using a water cooled wheel grinder to guard against changing the temper of the steel.
