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| Which attachment? Do I need a special attachment or just a particular bit?
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Depends how big the scisssors are. If they are garden sheers with blades the size of lawn mower blades, then the garden blade sharpening kit would be best (plastic guide + sharpening stone). Anything smaller than that, you would probably have to do free hand with normal sharpening stones, sanding drums, sanding discs or even a cut-off wheel. I've had good success with cut-off wheels and especially sanding discs. The key is to keep the angle consistant, not too hard if the blade is in a vise of some sort. Oh and by the way, by cut off wheels, I dont mean you cut the blade. Use the top flat surface of the cut off wheel to sand/smooth/grind the blade surface...cut off wheels are good for normal hand scissors since they are stiff and will lay flush on the angled cutting surface of the scissor...making it easier to keep the angle consistant.
Good luck!
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Thanks - I'll give it a try and post my results.
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| I am also interested as to how this may sharpen the scissors. So far I have the Fiskars ****py manual scissor shapeners. More people should just demand an alternative to those ridiculous sharpeners. Thanks Downdrifting
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Great idea. Hope I can remember to use A cut off wheel to sharpen scissors.
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| The best way to sharpen scissors Dwayne is not to use the Dremel at all but to cut alot of sand paper. They will be as sharp as razors after that.
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DremelGuy007 (1/30/2007)
The best way to sharpen scissors Dwayne is not to use the Dremel at all but to cut alot of sand paper. They will be as sharp as razors after that.I am new here so a lot of these posts are old. I will throw in my 2 cents anyway, late as it is. Correct on the sandpaper trick. Been using that one since my mother taught it to me in the 50's. (Yes I'm that old.) What I have found out is factories that build or make cabinets on the large scale sometimes use sandparer that is graded in "micron" grit. 70 or 80 micron. Now, they usually have it in large rolls and end up throwing a lot out at the end of the roll because it is too short for their purposes. This stuff is the best I have ever found for sharpening scissors. I do one cut one way, then turn the scissors over and do one cut. Full blade length. About six cuts on each side. Not everyone lives near a plant that builds kitchen cabinets, but I will guess that you may know someone that does. This stuff has a sticky backing (peel off) and works excellent for very fine sanding with some of the Dremel rubber pad mandrels.
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