Mitre Saw Question

[ezdays]

Depending on what kind of blade you're talking about. Back when there were no carbide-tipped blades, sharpening them was essential, but cheap, about a buck or two each. When carbide-tipped blades came about, they were expensive so paying $10 to sharpen one was worth the money. I have a bunch of 10" blades I bought years ago for less than $10 each at one of those traveling tool shows. They last a long time and it just doesn't pay to get them sharpened. I see ads and reviews for different blades in woodworking magazines and some of them are pushing $100. I'm sure they cut better and longer, but those are a bit out of my league. I'm not even sure where to go anymore if I needed to have one done, so I'll stick with the cheap ones.