Comments on: Quick Poll

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:28:54 +0000

You left out dado sets. I have a Tenryu and Forrest combo blade, I use one while the other is sharpened, and a Forrest dado set. I also have one very fine one for melamine. SO maybe i’m part changer and part not.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:33:06 +0000

Clay – That’s a funny story. It happened with my dad as well. He had a portable Craftsman table saw and ran the original blade on that thing all the time when he was doing his side jobs. One day, he came home and was cursing loudly that the saw didn’t work well anymore.

My older brother was doing some construction work and was given a lightly used carbide tipped sawblade. He went out to the garage, saw how covered in pitch the blade was and changed it immediately.

After that, the saw cut beautifully….

By: Clay Kessler

Clay Kessler — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:34:07 +0000

I started out as a “single blader” but I get better results using different blades for different jobs. I have a number of blades – some purchased new and some purchased used and re-sharpened. What is kind of funny… My late father was a good woodworker. He had a “thing” about cheap blades. He always told me that the $7.00 Harbor Freight blades he used were “just as good as anything.” I got a buy on some used blades and had them sharpened then gave them to him. The next time I saw him he wanted to know if I wanted any of the $7.00 cheapies before he through them out! Said his saw cut like a new machine (I could never get his saw to cut well at all).

By: Frank Howell

Frank Howell — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:13:47 +0000

My WW II does most of the work, but I’ll switch to my stacked dado if need be.

By: Muddlermike

Muddlermike — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:38:14 +0000

I use a combo for everything except I occasionally pull out a 80T for nicer ply and melamine.

Mud

By: Verna

Verna — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:41:54 +0000

You didn’t have quite enough categories, Tom!!!

I have the blade that came with the saw that I’ll toss as soon as I finish the laminate flooring!! I have a Freud Glue Line Rip, a Freud Thin Kerf, and a Freud Box Joint Blade(s).

So, I don’t have many, many blades, just 4 blades, and I don’t mind changing to the appropriate one at all–it just takes a minute or two.

Verna