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Cost Calculator: Regrinding vs. Buying New

Calculate your individual savings potential. Adjust the values to match your tools.

Regrinding cost (% of new tool)30%
Typical: 25–35% of the new tool price
Tool life after regrinding80%
Share of original tool life achieved by the regrind
Number of regrinds per tool3
How often a tool is typically reground
44%
lower cost per tool-life unit
Cost per regrind30% of new price
Tool life per regrind80% of original tool life
Regrinds per tool3Ă—
A tool that is reground 3 times delivers a total of 3.4× the tool life of a single new tool — at only 1.9× the cost.

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