Monthly Archives: January 2015

Changing Your Handheld Planer Blades Has Never Been Easier

Knife-Point is the leading supplier of knives and blades to the Sheffield area. They stock a variety of products including an extensive array of planer blades. These include blades to fit handheld planers from reputable manufacturers such as Black & Decker, with high quality materials such as fine grain tungsten carbide used to make the products.

Once you’ve purchased your new blades, you needn’t fret on the actual process of changing them. For that, look no further than this guide from Knife-Point, who have made swapping your planer blades simple:

First Step

Firstly, always make sure that the power supply is disconnected to the device – this will go a long way towards ensuring your safety. It might sound obvious but out of all the steps in this guide it’s by far and away the most important one.

Second Step

The next piece of advice to follow is to gently loosen the fastenings on your planer blade device with a wrench. You don’t need to completely remove the fastenings and easy blade removal will be possible through the initial loosening. Always take care when removing the blade as it’s likely to still be very sharp. You can then spin the cutter head round and repeat the process on the other side.

Third Step

As your existing blades have now been removed, you can now fit your new ones. To do this, gently fit the new blade with the shape of the planer blade groove and slide it into place. Hold it in the position where you would like it to remain, then take your wrench and loosely tighten up the outer two bolts on your handheld planer – simple.

Fourth Step

The new blade will be extremely sharp so don’t rush through the replacement process and make sure you take care when tightening your replacement blades after they’ve been fitted. Before sliding the blade into place you may also need to remove any resin that has been left behind. You can do this using paraffin and oil or by gently scraping the debris away.

Fifth Step

The last step for you to adhere to is to verify that the knife blade is central in relation to your handheld planer. This is essential, as it will prevent the knife from rubbing on the edges of the machine. Once this has been guaranteed you can finish tightening the bolts. Again, simply repeat this on the other side.

An Abundance of Planer Blades and More at Knife-Point

You can find out more about Knife-Point’s planer blades, Stanley knife blades and more by paying their website a visit at www.knife-point.co.uk. Alternatively, if you’d like to reach them for a chat you can give them a call on 07737133030.

 

 

 

New City Centre Retail Quarter Planned for Sheffield

The latest news from the Sheffield Star reports that a group of Sheffield business people have announced £500 million plans to develop a new city centre retail quarter. Sheffield Retail Development Group says that they have the expertise, financial backing and the passion to ‘transform’ the city centre with a 650,000sq ft development on a five-acre site by the end of 2018. This ambitious date is a year ahead of Sheffield City Council’s plans, and is set to include a range of shops, offices, cinema, restaurant and bars.

The Future of Sheffield City Centre

The future of Sheffield’s city centre has looked uncertain in recent years as new ideas are thrown around and existing plans are scrapped. In a previous post on our Sheffield shop signs blog, we discussed how plans for the Sevenstone shopping centre were frozen last year, only to find out that Sheffield Council are fighting to buy the designated area back from the previous developers in order to restart plans, possibly as early as next year.

As shop sign makers in Sheffield, we were understandably delighted by the news of a new shopping centre in the heart of the city. Residents of Sheffield will know that the city centre has suffered in the period since the recession, with shops closing down and significantly less people visiting it, therefore new plans were encouraging for the future of the area.

Spokesman John Crowther, who is an ex-chief executive of Vickers Defence Systems, chairman of the Amateur Swimming Association and non-executive director of Sheffield City Trust, said:  “We have identified half-a-billion pounds of funding. We want Sheffield people to know there’s a local bid that’s oven-ready to go.”

Mr Crowther has also commented that as the plans are a market-led solution, the council will not have to take the risk of diverting money away from other areas, especially at a time of spending cuts.  “This is a world class team of Sheffield people who care about Sheffield and can deliver a scheme that will transform the city centre,” he said.

Shop Sign Makers in Sheffield

Whether the city centre is rejuvenated by the private sector, or with help from the council, shop sign makers Sheffield Image Sign Studio are excited about the plans. They have a passion for helping businesses succeed starting with great signage, and are experts in the manufacture and design of shop signs Sheffield. For more information, call them on 0114 261 7617 and speak to a member of their team.