Tool & Saw Blade Sharpening

High-Performance Tool Sharpening:

Leitz Tooling stands as the global leader in tool sharpening and saw blade sharpening services. Our commitment to high-performance tool sharpening ensures that your used tooling returns to a 'like-new' condition, maximizing efficiency and reducing downtime.

Leitz consistently invests in cutting-edge tool sharpening and saw sharpening machinery, guaranteeing the highest quality service available. Our state-of-the-art tool sharpening equipment achieves accuracy within microns, ensuring exceptional precision when servicing your tools.

Our team of highly experienced engineers specializes in saw blade sharpening and the sharpening of all types of tooling including PCD.

With our extensive nationwide network of 8 strategically located tool sharpening centres, Leitz offers unparalleled tool sharpening and saw blade sharpening services regardless of your business's location. We bring our industry-leading expertise right to your doorstep, providing a convenient and reliable solution for all your saw sharpening needs

Saw Blade Sharpening:

For expert saw blade sharpening, look no further than Leitz Tooling. With over 145 years of experience, we specialize in saw blade sharpening for an extensive range of blades, ensuring optimal performance and longevity.

As of 2025, Leitz Tooling boasts the most advanced saw blade sharpening machinery in the UK. Supported by advanced robotics, our saw blade sharpening service offers unparalleled reliability, repeatability, and a fast turnaround, minimizing downtime for your operations.

Our experienced saw blade sharpening team at Leitz maximizes the lifespan of your blades, typically achieving 16 saw blade sharpens from a single panel saw blade. We provide comprehensive saw blade sharpening services for diamond, carbide, and HSS saw blades, catering to diverse industrial needs.

Did you know that annually, the Leitz saw blade sharpening service sharpens enough blades to stack 10KM high? that's taller than the tower of piazza in Italy.

carbide saw sharpening on a Leitz saw sharpening machine

Knife & Planer Blade Sharpening:

Planer blade sharpening is essential for achieving the high-quality, smooth finishes your workpiece deserves. Don't let dull blades compromise your projects. Our professional planer blade sharpening service ensures your blades are razor-sharp, delivering exceptional results every time.

Our planer blade sharpening service focuses on restoring the precise cutting edge required for a flawless surface finish. By investing in regular planer blade sharpening, you can significantly reduce or eliminate the need for extensive sanding, rework, and costly rectifications. Achieve perfectly smooth surfaces directly from your planer, saving valuable time and resources with our planer blade sharpening process.

The benefits of consistent planer blade sharpening extend far beyond surface quality. Regular maintenance through our planer blade sharpening service minimizes machine wear and motor stress, prolonging the lifespan of your planer and ensuring consistent, reliable performance. Reducing strain through proper planer blade sharpening also translates to fewer costly repairs.

CNC Router Cutter Sharpening:

For precision and longevity in your woodworking projects, expert router cutter sharpening is essential. Leitz Tooling provides comprehensive router sharpening services, ensuring your cutters deliver consistent, high-quality results.

Our specialized router cutter sharpening process meticulously restores the original sharpness and profile of your tools. For optimal performance and an extended lifespan, our router cutter sharpening is essential. Leitz has the capability to provide router sharpening for both diamond and carbide routers, catering to a wide range of industrial and professional needs.

In addition to router cutter sharpening, Leitz also offers retipping services. If your router cutters are damaged beyond sharpening, our expert technicians can retip them, restoring them to like-new condition.

Choose Leitz for router cutter sharpening and feel the difference when you machine

High Performance Router Cutter Sharpening

Drill Bit Sharpening:

Maximize the efficiency and precision of your drilling operations with Leitz Tooling's expert drill bit sharpening services. Dull drill bits not only slow down your work but also compromise the quality of your finished product. Our professional drill sharpening restores your drill bits to their optimal cutting edge, ensuring clean, accurate holes every time.

Leitz Tooling offers comprehensive drill bit sharpening for a vast array of drill bit types. We specialize in the precision sharpening of HSS, carbide, and diamond drill bits, catering to a wide range of industrial and woodworking applications.

Our meticulous drill bit sharpening process extends the life of your valuable tools, saving you money on frequent replacements. Trust Leitz Tooling for reliable drill bit sharpening that meets the highest standards of quality and precision.

Milling & End Mill Sharpening:

Achieve superior surface finishes and extend the lifespan of your cutting tools with Leitz Tooling's expert end mill sharpening services. Precision is paramount in modern machining, and dull end mills can lead to costly errors and subpar results. Our specialized end mill sharpening process ensures your tools are restored to their optimal cutting edge, delivering exceptional accuracy and performance.

Our end mill sharpening techniques are specifically designed to eliminate burr formation and maintain tool geometry. By focusing on burr-free end mill sharpening, we ensure clean, smooth cuts, minimizing the need for second operations.

Investing in regular end mill sharpening is a cost-effective way to extend the tool life of your valuable end mills. Choose Leitz Tooling for reliable end mill sharpening that delivers exceptional results and maximizes the performance of your cutting tools.

Tungsten Carbide Tool Sharpening:

Leitz specialize in carbide sharpening for a vast range carbide tools, including drill bits, saw blades, router cutters, knives, blades, and more. Our comprehensive carbide tool sharpening ensures that your valuable tools maintain their peak performance, delivering consistent and high-quality results.

As manufacturers of high-grade carbide ourselves, we understand the unique properties of carbide and how to offer effective carbide tools ahrpenign that takes off the minimum cutting material. we employ specliased oils in our machinery, specifically formulated to ensure the carbide's structure is not disturbed or weakened during carbide tool sharpening.

Regardless of if you require carbide sharpening for intricate router cutters or robust saw blades, Leitz Tooling is a reliable and precise carbide tool sharpening service provider.

Diamond (PCD) Tool Sharpening:

For the ultimate precision and longevity in your cutting tools, Leitz Tooling offers specialized diamond tool sharpening and PCD sharpening services. Diamond tools demand exceptional care and expertise to maintain their superior performance, and our advanced PCD sharpening processes ensure your tools are restored to their optimal cutting edge.

Our state-of-the-art facilities utilize advanced diamond erosion machinery, enabling us to achieve unparalleled accuracy in diamond tool sharpening. We employ detailed measuring equipment to meticulously check surface finishes, ensuring every tool meets the highest standards of quality.

With multiple diamond sharpening centers strategically located across the UK, Leitz Tooling offers convenient and reliable diamond tool sharpening services. Our nationwide network ensures that you have access to expert PCD sharpening services, regardless of your location.

Diamond tool sharpening & saw sharpening

Technical Support & Process Optimisation:

Leitz offer an extended suite of extra services for our customers, most of which we do for free to help increase your profitability.

With over 140 years of experience, our technicians offer site visits to help optimsie your production process. From factory layout & tool management to technical training, our team can help provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed.

We also host seminars and demonstrations throughput the year to give machinists the latest machining strategies, technology and tooling developments.

We can also help to arrange burns tests to ensure your sourced materials share the quality of your work.

A Leitz employee helps with process optimisation

Tool Management:

In addition to advice, tooling and technical support, we also offer our customers a free tool management service.

Take back control over your production with Leitz tool management, our transparent reporting system is designed to help you avoid downtime and unexpected costs. By monitoring the wear and tear of your tools, we can ensure that you always have a new tool ready to go.

We can arrange pickups for tool servicing and monitor the efficiency of the tooling. This allows us to advise new techniques to help keep your finish quality high and your tool life as long as possible.

Enquire with the team today to see if our tool management system is the right fit for your business!

An example of the Leitz tool mangement system

What Do We Sharpen and Service?

At Leitz we can offer tool sharpening and saw sharpening on a massive range of tooling. If you don't see what your looking for on the list, then give the team a call and inquire. We're always happy to try and help!

Tools We Can Sharpen:

Small tools (Knives, Drills & Boring Bits, Chains & Chisels).
Saw blades.
High shear tools up to 75 degrees.
Groovers.
Router cutters.
Diamond tooling.
Bandsaws \ resaw Blades.
Tooling blocks (Milling Heads, Rebate Heads).
Profiled tools.
Chainsaws.

Additional Services Supplied:

Tool cleaning and inspection.
Sharpening of HSS, Carbide & Diamond tooling.
Re-tipping and tensioning of sharpened tooling.
Collection & delivery service subject to availability.
Tool service & maintenance.
Tool management & tool control.
Technical support.

Tool Modifications

We are always happy to make modifications to our tooling to suit your specific needs or machinery. We offer a bore increasing service for all spinde mounted tooling.

For any other modifications such as pinholes, countersink pinholes or to increase bore to any other size, please contact Leitz UK where we will be happy to discuss your requirements.

Contact:

Email: Contact-uk@leitz.org

Tel: 01279 454530