Blade Repair &
Retipping
Frank’s Industrial Sharpening retips carbide saw blades, trues bent plates, repairs brazed tooling and assesses SawStop brake-fired blades for cabinet shops, millwork plants, lumber operations and metal shops.
Mail your damaged blades in from anywhere in the U.S., or use our route pickup and delivery across Florida and South Georgia.
What kinds of blade damage can be repaired?
What Can Be Saved
More than most people think. We replace broken or missing carbide teeth and grind them to match, true bent plates back to flat, assess cracked gullets and shoulder damage, and re-tip custom and brazed tooling. When repair costs more than replacement, we tell you honestly instead of charging you for it:
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Saw blade retipping — broken or missing carbide teeth replaced and ground to match
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Bent saw blade repair — plates checked and trued back to flat
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Cracked gullets and shoulder damage assessed
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Brazed tooling repair — custom cutters and specialty tools re-tipped
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Knives and straight blades past normal grinding evaluated for rework
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The honest "no" — when repair costs more than replacement, we tell you
Can a SawStop brake-fired blade be repaired?
SawStop Fired? Don't Toss the Blade Yet.
A brake activation grabs the blade hard, the teeth break, and the plate takes a shock. Many brake-fired blades are repairable: we replace the broken teeth, check the plate for trueness and cracks, and return a blade that's safe to run. Some aren't worth saving, and we'll say so; a compromised plate never goes back in a saw. Send a photo of the blade and the damage, and we'll tell you before you spend a dime.
How does saw blade retipping work?
How a Retip Works
Retipping is real fabrication, not a patch. The damaged tooth remnant is removed, a new carbide tip is brazed to the plate, then the new tooth is ground on every face to match the geometry of its neighbors — hook, bevel, height and kerf. Done right, you can't pick the new teeth out of the lineup, and the blade cuts as one edge again.
3 steps:
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Assess — plate, teeth and tension inspected; you get a straight answer on repair vs. replace
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Rebuild — new carbide brazed on, plates trued, damage ground out
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Match-grind — repaired teeth ground to the blade's geometry, then the full blade sharpened
Is it cheaper to repair a saw blade than replace it?
The Math on Repair
Production shops with expensive blades feel this first: a large-diameter or specialty blade can cost hundreds to replace, while retipping a few teeth costs a fraction of that — and the repaired blade sharpens on the same rotation as the rest of your set. Cabinet shops, millwork plants, lumber operations and metal shops all run damaged blades through us before buying new. Mail-in from anywhere, route pickup, or drop-off.
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