Tablesaw Blade Choice
#25
(12-31-2019, 10:47 AM)®smpr_fi_mac® Wrote: But, before I screw up and order the wrong blade, can you guys tell me if this is the one I need?  I'm running a 3hp PM66 and *do* want a full kerf blade for the stiffness allowed in the thicker steel.  Lots of ripping and crosscuts, as I mainly build small boxes.  Might get a dedicated cross cut blade later if I find that I want the finer cut, but I want to see if this combination does what it says it will, AND most articles I've read say that today's combo blades really do a great job at both ripping and cross cutting for *most* applications.

https://www.sliversmill.com/product_15_1...__150.html

I have the PM66 and that's the blade I've been running on it for over 15 years.   It never comes off the saw.

I send it back to the company every 4 years or so for a resharpening.  Last year I found a sale and bought another one because I like it so much.
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#26
(12-31-2019, 10:47 AM)®smpr_fi_mac® Wrote: Okay, so I have a bunch of blades that I've acquired over the years that came *with* tools I purchased, and they've served me well since they are carbide tipped and I send them out for sharpening, but I think it's time I actually *buy* a new blade.  And since I've never bought a blade for my TS before, I think I'll splurge and get the WWII that I keep hearing you guys raving about.

But, before I screw up and order the wrong blade, can you guys tell me if this is the one I need?  I'm running a 3hp PM66 and *do* want a full kerf blade for the stiffness allowed in the thicker steel.  Lots of ripping and crosscuts, as I mainly build small boxes.  Might get a dedicated cross cut blade later if I find that I want the finer cut, but I want to see if this combination does what it says it will, AND most articles I've read say that today's combo blades really do a great job at both ripping and cross cutting for *most* applications.

https://www.sliversmill.com/product_15_1...__150.html
As stated above that's the blade I purchased for my new Grizzly saw. I had 2 of these when I had my big home shop in PA on my Delta unisaw. Never had a problem. I just put in on my garage shop Grizzly and it works like my unisaw. Cuts like butter. Nice!
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#27
Installed the Freud blade yesterday and made some crosscuts in pine and poplar. Pretty smooth and quiet, and a noticeable difference in performance from my previous and somewhat dull blades.

Doug
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#28
I think you'll like the Freud after you've had it in use for a while. I was setting up a cut the other day and saw what looked like a chipped tooth on mine. Pulled it off the saw and went over it closely--doggoned if it doesn't have three chipped teeth!! I have no clue how--don't remember doing anything that would have abused the blade. 2 are side by side, the third a couple teeth away. Totally at a loss as to how that happened, I had it off to clean pitch a maybe 3 or 4 weeks ago, it was fine then. Off to the sharpener I guess. Grrrrrr.

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