"Joe "Woody" Woodpecker" wrote in message
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Even though you may believe that the jointer will win over the table
saw, you also say that if all things are quality, the jointer will be
the best cut still. Well, I have made cuts with my forest blades both
on my CMS and table saw and have been told that the wood I cut was
sanded with a 220 grit sandpaper.

After you have purchased a forest blade, you will wonder why you have a
jointer other than to put a straight edge on rough lumber that you want
to run through your table saw to get two parallel sides that both look
like they have has a 220 grit sandpaper on. Suggestion: get yourself s
forest blade for your table saw and then ask yourself this question.


All right. Enough. I almost surrender. As I've said in another thread,
I've never seen the need to own a Forrest blade or any other "name" blade.
Always found the lesser blade to be sufficient. But... I just keep
hearing - well, reading about these named blades, so I have to ask. Just
exactly what are you guys seeing when you go to these blades that I'm
missing out on? I've gotten great life out of my blades over time, I get
cuts that I have considered to be excellent - as I said, I can often glue up
right off the saw. Sometimes I do have to hand plane an edge but that seems
to be more because I fed the board inconsistently. All things are relative
though. Great life, good edges, etc. are all compared to what would result
from, oh say... breaking the board over one's knee. My table saw certainly
provides a nicer edge than that would. More specifically, what have you
guys seen or been impressed with when you went from a blade you were very
please with to a Forrest or another named blade?
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-Mike-