An apparatus and methods are provided for a sawblade sharpener for extending the operating life of oscillating multi-tool sawblades. The sawblade sharpener comprises a first blade that includes a multiplicity of cutting teeth. A second blade is pivotally coupled with the second blade and includes a multiplicity of cutting teeth. The cutting teeth are configured to shear off a dulled cutting edge from the sawblade and form a new cutting edge, thereby providing a sharpened sawblade. The cutting teeth may have a size and shape suitable for forming any of course cutting teeth, medium cutting teeth, fine cutting teeth, or very fine cutting teeth, and the like. The sawblade sharpener may be operated by hand, such as by squeezing handles coupled with the first and second blades or may be configured to be mounted onto a tabletop or workbench and operated by way of a lever.

An apparatus and methods are provided for a sawblade sharpener for extending the operating life of oscillating multi-tool sawblades. The sawblade sharpener comprises a first blade that includes a multiplicity of cutting teeth. A second blade is pivotally coupled with the second blade and includes a multiplicity of cutting teeth. The cutting teeth are configured to shear off a dulled cutting edge from the sawblade and form a new cutting edge, thereby providing a sharpened sawblade. The cutting teeth may have a size and shape suitable for forming any of course cutting teeth, medium cutting teeth, fine cutting teeth, or very fine cutting teeth, and the like. The sawblade sharpener may be operated by hand, such as by squeezing handles coupled with the first and second blades or may be configured to be mounted onto a tabletop or workbench and operated by way of a lever.

A cutting member of a saw chain has a cutting tooth and a cutting surface having at least one cutting edge. In a side view, looking in a sharpening direction, a first line connects an intersection between an upper edge of a roof section and the cutting surface to an intersection between an imaginary line, which extends parallel to the upper edge, and the cutting surface. A second line connects an intersection between the upper edge and an imaginary displacement of the cutting surface parallel to the contact surface at a position in which a tooth tip of the cutting tooth lies perpendicular to the running direction above a longitudinal center axis of the rearward bearing point, to a point of intersection between the imaginary line and the imaginary displacement of the cutting surface. The contact surface is aligned such that the first and second line extend in parallel.

A cutting member of a saw chain has a cutting tooth and a cutting surface having at least one cutting edge. In a side view, looking in a sharpening direction, a first line connects an intersection between an upper edge of a roof section and the cutting surface to an intersection between an imaginary line, which extends parallel to the upper edge, and the cutting surface. A second line connects an intersection between the upper edge and an imaginary displacement of the cutting surface parallel to the contact surface at a position in which a tooth tip of the cutting tooth lies perpendicular to the running direction above a longitudinal center axis of the rearward bearing point, to a point of intersection between the imaginary line and the imaginary displacement of the cutting surface. The contact surface is aligned such that the first and second line extend in parallel.