What kind of steel in wood-cutting circular saw blade?
wrote in message ... On Jul 2, 5:29 pm, Bob Engelhardt wrote: [...] Most of the plain non-carbide circular saw blades are disposable items for Skilsaws, carbide has pretty much taken over most of the rest of the market. Used to get Sandvik Skilsaw blades by the dozen, were cheap enough that if I hit a nail, I didn't feel too poor in the pocket to put a new on. Made for demolition and renovation. And I didn't really care what the steel was, just that the blade was cheap and good enough for the purpose. Don't need $100 blades for whacking rotten 2x4s. OTOH you can get burned. My Bosch 10x60 blade that came with the miter saw needed sharpening so I thought I would buy a spare while I waited for the Bosch to come back from the shop. I got one on line for about $35 (it came with a 1/4" spiral router bit). Form the beginning it gave me trouble: It was burning wood (yeah, rotten 2x4s) and twice it grabbed a small piece and flung it into the wall. I had the blade looked at by the guy who did the sharpening. He showed me all sorts of things on the blade such as the poor way the initial sharpening was done, poor brazing of the carbide to the blade and some other features which he could only explain if the blade was run backwards to cut aluminum (it was not, certainly not in my possession). I took it home and re-checked the mounting: Nothing wrong there. I re-inserted the Bosch, now sharpened. I replicated the cuts which gave the other blade trouble: The Bosch went through the material like through butter. Considering that the sharpening guy described the Bosch as a "throwaway blade" (a blade given away with the machine, not expected to survive long) what does it say about the new blade? The outcome is that I will never use it again and when the time comes I will buy myself a nice $80 Freud. It just not worth the hassle, damaged projects and the risk of injury. -- Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC BTW this is a second attempt to post. Apologies if the original pops up somewhere along the line as well. |
What kind of steel in wood-cutting circular saw blade?
On Jul 4, 11:05*am, "Michael Koblic" wrote:
wrote in message ... On Jul 2, 5:29 pm, Bob Engelhardt wrote: [...] Most of the plain non-carbide circular saw blades are disposable items for Skilsaws, carbide has pretty much taken over most of the rest of the market. *Used to get Sandvik Skilsaw blades by the dozen, were cheap enough that if I hit a nail, I didn't feel too poor in the pocket to put a new on. *Made for demolition and renovation. *And I didn't really care what the steel was, just that the blade was cheap and good enough for the purpose. *Don't need $100 blades for whacking rotten 2x4s. OTOH you can get burned. My Bosch 10x60 blade that came with the miter saw needed sharpening so I thought I would buy a spare while I waited for the Bosch to come back from the shop. I got one on line for about $35 (it came with a 1/4" spiral router bit). Form the beginning it gave me trouble: It was burning wood (yeah, rotten 2x4s) and twice it grabbed a small piece and flung it into the wall. I had the blade looked at by the guy who did the sharpening. He showed me all sorts of things on the blade such as the poor way the initial sharpening was done, poor brazing of the carbide to the blade and some other features which he could only explain if the blade was run backwards to cut aluminum (it was not, certainly not in my possession). I took it home and re-checked the mounting: Nothing wrong there. I re-inserted the Bosch, now sharpened. I replicated the cuts which gave the other blade trouble: The Bosch went through the material like through butter. Considering that the sharpening guy described the Bosch as a "throwaway blade" (a blade given away with the machine, not expected to survive long) what does it say about the new blade? The outcome is that I will never use it again and when the time comes I will buy myself a nice $80 Freud. It just not worth the hassle, damaged projects and the risk of injury. -- Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC BTW this is a second attempt to post. Apologies if the original pops up somewhere along the line as well. I have been going through a similar process on getting a new blade (10inch) for my table saw, which is of dubious quality since it was cheap and came from (insert name here). Got a book out of the library on the subject, had a whole chapter devoted to blades. Fascinating, but useless cause I am not a Fine Woodworker (BTW - I got and old skilsaw, great for ripping up floorboards - few carbide tips missing, doesn't seem to worry it too much) In the end, his recommendation was to get 3 blades, as there's no such thing as a good GP blade. And a good guide is price - reasonable starts at $50, holy grail type ones can be hundreds of dollars (you know, the "hand crafted by Elves in the forest" sorta thing) My cousin in Tasmania is a real craftsman, now in his eighties, still fells his own firewood with the chainsaw (2 of em, actually) and gets it home in his Landcruiser truck. He has grown the wood he now makes furniture with. He goes into bogs, drags out hulks of old wood of rare species, takes it home, mills it, air drys it for - however long it takes. If you are fortunate to be given one of his pieces, you are blessed - its an instant family heirloom, its that good. When he sharpens a hand plane (or even an axe) he doesnt think its good enough till you can read print through the smallest shaving... He has about 40 blades for his saw - all different types of wood, ripping/crosscutting, and lots of other things I dont know. So I bought a $50 Erwin, carbide tipped, and as it aint in front of me, cant remember the tpi. And I set up the table-saw - plan to bolt struts across the back, increase rigidity and improve accuracy. Use a dial indicator, check run-out. Use a square, check alignment. Check the guides track, remove the slop in the miter gauge cutting thingy.... In short, its the same learning curve as metalwork, the level from using cheap carbide tooling on your not aligned Chinese 9 by 20 to the level of having a precision instrument sharpening your own bits and you and the machine singing in harmony........(I wish) Wonderful word in the English language Shibboleth(sp- Ed can correct) and it means "A set of words that are common to only a relatively small group, and usually difficult to understand and so exclude the uninitiated." Partly a hangover from the old medieval Guilds." etc etc. (Machining got it in spades - but you guys know it, so its not an issue) So. There. Just thought I would throw that one in. Andrew VK3BFA. |
What kind of steel in wood-cutting circular saw blade?
On Jul 4, 8:53*am, Andrew VK3BFA wrote:
I have been going through a similar process on getting a new blade (10inch) for my table saw, which is of dubious quality since it was cheap and came from (insert name here). Got a book out of the library on the subject, had a whole chapter devoted to blades. Fascinating, but useless cause I am not a Fine Woodworker (BTW - I got and old skilsaw, great for ripping up floorboards - few carbide tips missing, doesn't seem to worry it too much) In the end, his recommendation was to get 3 blades, as there's no such thing as a good GP blade. And a good guide is price - reasonable starts at $50, holy grail type ones can be hundreds of dollars (you know, the "hand crafted by Elves in the forest" sorta thing) So I bought a $50 Erwin, carbide tipped, and as it aint in front of me, cant remember the tpi. And I set up the table-saw - plan to bolt struts across the back, increase rigidity and improve accuracy. Use a dial indicator, check run-out. Use a square, check alignment. Check the guides track, remove the slop in the miter gauge cutting thingy.... Andrew VK3BFA. A long time ago Tom Walz used to post here on RCM. If you are looking for saw blades you might check his web site. Lots of information on saw blades. He also has a bunch of information on brazing carbide on his web site. He used to sell stellite and carbide, but I can not find those on his web site now. http://www.carbideprocessors.com/ Dan |
What kind of steel in wood-cutting circular saw blade?
On Jul 5, 4:06*am, " wrote:
On Jul 4, 8:53*am, Andrew VK3BFA wrote: I have been going through a similar process on getting a new blade (10inch) for my table saw, which is of dubious quality since it was cheap and came from (insert name here). Got a book out of the library on the subject, had a whole chapter devoted to blades. Fascinating, but useless cause I am not a Fine Woodworker (BTW - I got and old skilsaw, great for ripping up floorboards - few carbide tips missing, doesn't seem to worry it too much) In the end, his recommendation was to get 3 blades, as there's no such thing as a good GP blade. And a good guide is price - reasonable starts at $50, holy grail type ones can be hundreds of dollars (you know, the "hand crafted by Elves in the forest" sorta thing) So I bought a $50 Erwin, carbide tipped, and as it aint in front of me, cant remember the tpi. And I set up the table-saw - plan to bolt struts across the back, increase rigidity and improve accuracy. Use a dial indicator, check run-out. Use a square, check alignment. Check the guides track, remove the slop in the miter gauge cutting thingy.... Andrew VK3BFA. A long time ago Tom Walz used to post here on RCM. *If you are looking for saw blades you might check his web site. Lots of information on saw blades. He also has a bunch of information on brazing carbide on his web site. He used to sell stellite and carbide, but I can not find those on his web site now. http://www.carbideprocessors.com/ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Dan Hi Dan, ..........sigh......followed the link (thank you) and was presented with a BIG list of different types of saw blades. Tool shops here have them, too. I dont need to learn another language, after (x) years, metalworking is becoming slightly less foggy....so not again. I just want a saw blade that cuts wood, thats all. Not making furniture for the space shuttle. So, in summary, my total knowledge, gained by diligent study, practical experience, and stuffing it up a few times is: 1.You gets what you pay for. (nothing new there) 2.Dont even think about anything other than carbide tipped. 3.Set the thing up properly. (Its a machine tool after all.) 4.More teeth = finer cut BUT shorter life. 5.Not many teeth at all = attack things with it = treat it mean, it can cope 6.Lots of small teeth=dont even go there, its irrelevant unless you want to take up serious woodworking. Well, thats my view on it anyway - hopefully, short and to the point. Errors and Omissions included. Andrew VK3BFA |
What kind of steel in wood-cutting circular saw blade?
"Andrew VK3BFA" wrote in message ... {...} So, in summary, my total knowledge, gained by diligent study, practical experience, and stuffing it up a few times is: 1.You gets what you pay for. (nothing new there) 2.Dont even think about anything other than carbide tipped. 3.Set the thing up properly. (Its a machine tool after all.) 4.More teeth = finer cut BUT shorter life. 5.Not many teeth at all = attack things with it = treat it mean, it can cope 6.Lots of small teeth=dont even go there, its irrelevant unless you want to take up serious woodworking. Well, thats my view on it anyway - hopefully, short and to the point. Errors and Omissions included. The next one I buy will have thin kerf - again. -- Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC |
What kind of steel in wood-cutting circular saw blade?
On Jul 5, 7:20*pm, "Michael Koblic" wrote:
"Andrew VK3BFA" wrote in message ... {...} So, in summary, my total knowledge, gained by diligent study, practical experience, and stuffing it up a few times is: 1.You gets what you pay for. (nothing new there) 2.Dont even think about anything other than carbide tipped. 3.Set the thing up properly. (Its a machine tool after all.) 4.More teeth = finer cut BUT shorter life. 5.Not many teeth at all = attack things with it = treat it mean, it can cope 6.Lots of small teeth=dont even go there, its irrelevant unless you want to take up serious woodworking. Well, thats my view on it anyway - hopefully, short and to the point. Errors and Omissions included. The next one I buy will have thin kerf - again. -- Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC Lots of options popped up on circular saw blades in the last decade or so. Back in the '50s and '60s, the Belsaw era, you had one choice for material, steel. And you needed the handy sharpening shop if you did real things for real people. Home shop types just burned through the wood as long as the blade still had teeth and wasn't too black. Then they started putting carbide tips on blades you could buy at Sears. Wasn't very good carbide, but better than the steel blades. Probably about what you get for a low-end HF blade these days. Lasted longer without sharpening, anyway. Then they started in with the "structured materials", basically sawdust and chips pressed and glued together and you needed a different sort of tooth configuration and GOOD carbide. Same with plastic laminates, Corian and all the man-made stuff. Now you pretty much have to know what you're going to cut ahead of time, get a blade designed for the material and reserve it for just that use. Can add up to a lot of bucks if you're serious about it. I can easily believe 40 blades on the wall if you're doing serious furniture making and not doing it as a handicraft activity using hand tools. Had a glossy brochure from a saw blade outfit that I got at a woodworking show one time, probably 50 pages or more on carbide grades, tooth hooks, alternate angling, clearancing and numbers of teeth. These weren't the astronomical grade blades, either. If you had a couple of spare $100 bills, one could go home with you. Laser or water-jet cut, your choice. And several outfits had laser-cut deadening slots in theirs, fancy curlicues if nothing else. Seemed to help with the ringing, too bad about the siren effect. Probably have that whipped by now, haven't been in several years. Stan |
What kind of steel in wood-cutting circular saw blade?
wrote in message ... On Jul 5, 7:20 pm, "Michael Koblic" wrote: "Andrew VK3BFA" wrote in message ... {...} So, in summary, my total knowledge, gained by diligent study, practical experience, and stuffing it up a few times is: 1.You gets what you pay for. (nothing new there) 2.Dont even think about anything other than carbide tipped. 3.Set the thing up properly. (Its a machine tool after all.) 4.More teeth = finer cut BUT shorter life. 5.Not many teeth at all = attack things with it = treat it mean, it can cope 6.Lots of small teeth=dont even go there, its irrelevant unless you want to take up serious woodworking. Well, thats my view on it anyway - hopefully, short and to the point. Errors and Omissions included. The next one I buy will have thin kerf - again. -- Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC Lots of options popped up on circular saw blades in the last decade or so. Back in the '50s and '60s, the Belsaw era, you had one choice for material, steel. And you needed the handy sharpening shop if you did real things for real people. Home shop types just burned through the wood as long as the blade still had teeth and wasn't too black. Then they started putting carbide tips on blades you could buy at Sears. Wasn't very good carbide, but better than the steel blades. Probably about what you get for a low-end HF blade these days. Lasted longer without sharpening, anyway. Then they started in with the "structured materials", basically sawdust and chips pressed and glued together and you needed a different sort of tooth configuration and GOOD carbide. Same with plastic laminates, Corian and all the man-made stuff. Now you pretty much have to know what you're going to cut ahead of time, get a blade designed for the material and reserve it for just that use. Can add up to a lot of bucks if you're serious about it. I can easily believe 40 blades on the wall if you're doing serious furniture making and not doing it as a handicraft activity using hand tools. Had a glossy brochure from a saw blade outfit that I got at a woodworking show one time, probably 50 pages or more on carbide grades, tooth hooks, alternate angling, clearancing and numbers of teeth. These weren't the astronomical grade blades, either. If you had a couple of spare $100 bills, one could go home with you. Laser or water-jet cut, your choice. And several outfits had laser-cut deadening slots in theirs, fancy curlicues if nothing else. Seemed to help with the ringing, too bad about the siren effect. Probably have that whipped by now, haven't been in several years. How did Chippendale ever manage? The optimum solution of course is *not* to be serious about it and use one blade only... -- Michael Koblic, Campbell River, BC |
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