Circular saw blades are tensioned to run at a rim speed of approx 10,000
FTM.
That equates to 3819 RPM on a 10" blade

"oswin556" wrote in message
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I'm in the process of doing some upgrades to my 20 year old Delta
contractor
saw. One of the things I want to do is replace the cast pulleys with
machined ones. Looked at the set that In-line Industries sells According
to
the company most blades spin at about 3450 rpm. They recommend running the
blade at 3800 rpm. Does anybody have any thoughts or experience on running
at the higher speed? Better, worse, or is there no notable difference?



Oswin