How To Sharpen Sheet Metal Shears

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

How to sharpen sheet metal shears.

This will make them increasingly difficult to use. 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. However after extended use these blades can dull and become ineffective. Over time these tools often become dull.

There are several tools you could use to sharpen a blade. The file works very well on hedge and pruning shears. Many methods may be used to sharpen sheet metal cutting shears some of which require specialized tools. Sharpen hedge shears with a file.

This video demonstrates our metal shear blade sharpening service. Unless you re a pro it s best to stay away from using a grinding tool to sharpen your shears. 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.

One easy way to tell that it is time to sharpen your shears is if you feel a lot of resistance when using them. It shows how we sharpen two sheet metal guillotine shear blades at 3 meters each on our wor.