Blade stop devices and methods

A blade stop device for mounting on a sawblade clamp in a machine interior of a sawblade grinding machine and stopping a sawblade at a predetermined stopping point relative to a grinding disk on a grinding tool in the machine interior, comprising:

• a device mount frame configured for mounting on the sawblade clamp in the machine interior of the sawblade grinding machine;
• a carriage rail carried by the device mount frame;
• a blade stop carriage carried by and adjustable along the carriage rail between a home position and a blade stop position;
• and
• a blade stop arm including:
• an arm base carried by the blade stop carriage;
• a proximal arm segment extending outwardly from the arm base;
• a middle arm segment extending perpendicularly from the proximal arm segment;
• a distal arm segment extending perpendicularly from the middle arm segment;
• a terminal arm segment extending perpendicularly from the distal arm segment;
• and
• a blade stop flange carried by the terminal arm segment.

A method of stopping a sawblade at a predetermined stopping point relative to a grinding disk on a grinding tool of a sawblade grinding machine to facilitate consistent removal of a desired quantity or thickness of material from blade teeth on different sawblades, comprising:

• providing a blade stop device having a device mount frame, a carriage rail carried by the device mount frame, a blade stop carriage carried by and adjustable along the carriage rail between a home position and a blade stop position and a blade stop arm having an arm base carried by the blade stop carriage and a blade stop flange carried by the arm base;
• deploying the blade stop device in the machine interior of the sawblade grinding machine;
• deploying a sawblade in place on a sawblade carriage in the machine interior;
• displacing the blade stop carriage from a home position to a blade stop position on the carriage rail of the blade stop device;
• displacing the sawblade carriage with the sawblade toward the grinding disk on the grinding tool until the sawblade engages the blade stop flange on the blade stop arm of the blade stop device;
• and
• returning the blade stop carriage to the home position on the carriage rail.