I managed to get the Chopmaster installed on the mitre saw. Without
having spent a lot of time using the new blade, actually three cuts,
here are my thoughts.

For comparison, I took a scrap of pine, oak, and poplar. Made a small
cut on each piece with the blade that came with the saw. Changed blades,
see future post, and made another cut on the same pieces.

Mighty impressed with the oak and the pine. The oak is smooth as glass
with no 'spurs' (What's the technical term for the little shreds that
don't get cut off?) The pine, milled 2x4, is incredibly better from the
original blade, but not the glass smoothness, most likely due to the
grain of the wood. The poplar was a little bit of a let down, only
because I use a lot of poplar. Taking another look, it's not as bad as I
first thought. A definite improvement over the dewalt blade with only a
couple spurs compare with spurs almost along the entire cut with the
dewalt blade. Probably will need sanding though.

Completely happy with the blade and will change the blade back when I
don't need the cut as nice as what the chopmaster offers.

JMHO

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Chad.

Lionel

Forrest blades stay sharp for a long time. I would just leave the blade on
the saw until it needs to be sharpened. Then put your old DeWalt blade on
until you get the Forrest.

Don't make the mistake of sending the Forrest to anyone but Forrest for
resharpening...

I was going to ask that question about sharpening. The box the blade
came in said to save it for shipping when getting the blade sharpened.
I'll likely do just that.

Leon wrote:
Forrest blades stay sharp for a long time. I would just leave the blade on
the saw until it needs to be sharpened. Then put your old DeWalt blade on
until you get the Forrest.

Don't make the mistake of sending the Forrest to anyone but Forrest for
resharpening...

I'm likely too critical. Someone else would say it was a great cut, but
compared to the oak, it's a little bit rough. A definite improvement
over the dewalt blade though.

Steve Knight wrote:
O The poplar was a little bit of a let down, only

because I use a lot of poplar. Taking another look, it's not as bad as I
first thought. A definite improvement over the dewalt blade with only a
couple spurs compare with spurs almost along the entire cut with the
dewalt blade. Probably will need sanding though.



poplar is a stringy wood. so that may be it. I remember resawing it on the
bandsaw and it cut poorly.