How to sharpen knives on a hair clipper at home?

All the hair clippers use stainless steel knives, often even with diamond or titanium sputtering. But no matter how good a car is, sharp knives will become dull with time. Therefore, sooner or later the owner wonders how to sharpen the knives on the hair clipper at home. To do this is not very difficult, you just need to know some of the nuances.

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Useful tips

Before you start directly sharpening the knives of hair clippers at home, read the following recommendations:

• Try not to save on abrasive, because of its quality depends the result of your efforts.
• Do not forget about safety, be extremely careful and careful. It is easy to get injured on sharp blades, so fasten them well during the grinding procedure, and also use caution when assembling the machine.
• Ceramic knives require special care. True, they have to be sharpened less often than metal ones.
• It is better to take the lubricating oil lightly. Dark - can clog the machine.

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Preparing to sharpen

In order to get a good grinding of the blades on the hair clipper, it is necessary to prepare the device for the forthcoming works correctly. Here the following aspects are important:

• First you need to disassemble the machine, and unscrew the knives.

Important! Be careful and remember the order in which the parts are attached so that after cleaning you can collect everything back. You can even write the whole process to the camera. Then you will definitely be sure that you will correctly assemble the machine at the end of sharpening.

• The lower blade must be carefully pulled out by grasping with tweezers.
• Remove all dirt. Sometimes between the teeth of the cutting plates the hair gets stuck. They can be removed with a toothbrush or scraper.
• Wipe on all sides with a cloth and dry thoroughly.

Important! Sometimes this is enough to bring the car back to life. Many models of modern machines are equipped with automatic grinding.

If cleaning did not help, and your model is not equipped with an automatic grinding function, then it means - you have to sharpen the knives yourself. Remove the block from the blades using a screwdriver. Now you need to decide how to thread the knives.

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How can I sharpen the blades?

What can I do to sharpen the knives of the hair clipper at home?

• At the heart of any grinding machine is a rotating circle, so the first thing that comes to mind is the grinder. This is possible, although some do not recommend this way to sharpen, referring to its poor quality. But if you still decided to use the grinder, then together with it use the smallest abrasive.
• You can use an electric drill with an emery nozzle, but this is not safe.
• Some craftsmen manage to sharpen knives with a grinding stone. This, in principle, is possible, but the effectiveness of such sharpening is not very high. If you decide to use this way, then get a grinding stone with a gradient surface of 4000.You will also need a magnetic holder. In extreme cases, it can be replaced by an ordinary flat magnet.

Important! Such an abrasive is not suitable for ceramic knives.

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How to sharpen?

How to sharpen the blades of a hair clipper with a grindstone?

1. Place the knife on the magnetic holder.
2. Pass the plate along the bar from 5 to 10 times, holding it at an angle of 30-45 degrees.
3. When the blade is shiny and smooth, turn the plate over with the other side and repeat the procedure.
4. In the same way, sharpen the second plate.
5. For best results, make a control on stone with a grain size of up to 8000 gradients.

Now the machine can be assembled and lubricated with oil.

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Professional knife sharpening

There are special machines that help to sharpen the blade of the hair clipper, for example, Adems Front Plate.

Important! Such a machine is an electric motor that drives an aluminum disk. There are machines with a vertical disposition of the disk, and there is - with a horizontal.

The procedure is as follows:

• The disc with the abrasive rotates at a high speed, about 1000 rpm. This disk before the procedure must be prepared - to wipe from dust and lubricate with special oil. Abrasive powder is distributed over the surface of the washer.
• The knife is gripped by the magnetic sucker and placed against the rotation of the disc with the teeth forward. During operation, the blades must be securely secured, in order to avoid accidents.
• The blades must be pressed firmly against the rotating disc. During grinding, gently move the device from the center of the disc to the edges.
• An average of 1.5-2 minutes is required for sharpening.

Important! Do not make sharp movements, carelessness can lead to damage to the cutting edge. & Lt;

• Magnify the knives. Now they need to be properly cleaned before being installed back into the device. Usually this is done by a special solution that removes all fragments of abrasive substances from the blade. For better cleaning, the blades can then be cleaned with a brush. Wipe the knives well before installing them back into the machine. It is very important that there is not a drop of moisture left on them.

Important! Usually, the masters at hand always have a special fur, on which you can check the result. If the result is not very good, then the procedure is repeated again.

From this article, you learned how you can restore the functionality of the clipper, which means that now you will be able to do without pain the hair that you have conceived.