Welcome to Precision
A small business located in Shelley, Idaho, dedicated to quality sharpening services for individuals and businesses across America.
A small business located in Shelley, Idaho, dedicated to quality sharpening services for individuals and businesses across America.
Scissors can be sharpened on one of several machines. Beveled edge scissors are sharpened on a special machine called a “Twice as Sharp”. This machine has a fixture that can be set to the angle of the beveled edge of the scissors. These scissors can be sharpened relatively easily without taking them apart. Most grooming shears have a beveled edge.
Veterinary scissors that have carbide inserts are sharpened with a diamond stone to ensure a good clean cutting edge.
Higher-end Japanese-style shears have a honed edge. These shears are much more involved to sharpen and are usually made of a higher quality steel. They are sharpened on a flat hone and must be disassembled. Each blade is sharpened independently by hand and reassembled. Honed shears do cost more to sharpen than beveled edge shears but are much sharper and should be used primarily for finish scissoring.
All clipper blades are sharpened by the same process used at the factory. Most blades need to be hollow ground, and we accomplish this by sharpening on equipment that hones a precision hollow grind the same as the factory does.
All blade parts are organized in aluminum trays to keep the parts of each blade together and prevent mixing parts.
After the blades are disassembled, cleaned, and blown off, they are put on the clipper hone and sharpened until the entire cutting surface is honed to a new cutting edge. This usually removes about 1 to 2 thousandths of an inch (.001 to .002) of material, which is less than the thickness of a human hair. After the blades come off the hone they are blown clean again. Then, the blades are demagnetized, washed in a degreaser cleaner, and blown dry with compressed air. At this point, each blade is oiled and reassembled, the top cutter is aligned, and the spring tension is checked. Each blade is tested with a special test string, which is the same test used in the factory. If any blades have been identified as problem blades, they are tested on rabbit fur. If they can cut rabbit fur, they will cut most any hair.
Blade parts are replaced as needed. This includes springs, guides, sockets, screws, and even top cutters. If a blade has a broken tooth on the comb, it cannot be sharpened because it presents a hazard to the animal or person. Oster #40 blades can have the comb (bottom blade) replaced. All other sizes do not have replacement combs. You can use Oster combs with Andis blades. Please feel free to ask questions about blades and parts replacement.
