Squanklin wrote:
Am looking at the Ridgid miter saws - 10" or 12". The 12" saw comes
with a stand, on top of the greater cutting capacity.

However, the blade speed is much lower - 3600 RPMs - than the Ridgid
10" - 5500 RPMs. Will this affect performance significantly? Or, does
the larger blade somehow counter the slower revolutions?

Thanks!


With two different sized blades spinning at the same speed the larger
diameter blade would have a faster rim speed (surface feet per minute
(sfpm)).

A 10" diameter blade spinning at 5500 RPM has a rim speed of 14399 sfpm.
A 12" diameter blade spinning at 3600 RPM has a rim speed of 11310 sfpm.

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