My clipper blade just seized up mid-fade yesterday afternoon

I was finishing a skin fade on a regular when my main clippers made a grinding noise and stopped cutting. I had to quickly grab my backup pair to finish the job, which was a bit embarrassing. Has anyone else had a Wahl Senior blade lock up like that, and is it worth trying to fix or just replace?

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ninam8612d ago

Why would you even think about fixing it? That grinding noise means it's totally done for. Trying to fix a seized blade is just a waste of your time and money. You already had to use your backup, which shows you can't rely on that pair anymore. Just buy a new blade, it's the only smart move. Keeping broken tools around will just mess up another cut later.

rowanp1512d ago

A backup blade that's also grinding? That's two blades gone in one job. I had a jigsaw seize up last month and it ruined a whole sheet of plywood. The cost of that wood was more than a new blade. Sometimes you just have to cut your losses.