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Posted by Red Green on March 30, 2008, 8:22 am
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>> It's done. Picked it up tonight. It indeed was $236+tax. Check out
>> tomorrow.
>> One thing I've already learned about 12' ones. Blades are a lot more
>> expensive.
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> The 12" blades last longer though, more teeth to share in the cutting.
> And they can be resharpened
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> Enjoy the new tool.
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Edwin:
Is it worth having them resharpened or are you talking about sharpening
yourself if you want to deal with it? Self sharpen carbide???
If having them done elsewhere my first guess would be to try a tool
repair shop or an outdoor power equipment place that has a repair shop.
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on March 30, 2008, 9:35 am
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> Edwin:
> Is it worth having them resharpened or are you talking about sharpening
> yourself if you want to deal with it? Self sharpen carbide???
> If having them done elsewhere my first guess would be to try a tool
> repair shop or an outdoor power equipment place that has a repair shop.
Sharpening them right takes special equipment. I've had mine done here
http://www.ridgecarbidetool.com/sharpening.php?osCsid=a51d4ac32256a697e9648e001a754060
A 12" blade with 80 teeth is $16 plus shipping. A really good blade is $50
to $150 so it is well worth sharpening them. I bought a DeWalt 12" miter
saw. The blade was OK, but then I lent it to someone doing laminate
flooring, knowing the blade would be trashed when the job was done. I sent
it to Ridge Carbide and it came back better than when it was new.
If I ever need a new blade, this is the one I'd get
http://www.ridgecarbidetool.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_33&products_id=43&osCsid=a51d4ac32256a697e9648e001a754060
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Posted by Red Green on March 30, 2008, 3:26 pm
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>> Edwin:
>> Is it worth having them resharpened or are you talking about
>> sharpening yourself if you want to deal with it? Self sharpen
>> carbide???
>> If having them done elsewhere my first guess would be to try a tool
>> repair shop or an outdoor power equipment place that has a repair
>> shop.
>
> Sharpening them right takes special equipment. I've had mine done
> here
> http://www.ridgecarbidetool.com/sharpening.php?osCsid=a51d4ac32256a697e
> 9648e001a754060
>
> A 12" blade with 80 teeth is $16 plus shipping. A really good blade
> is $50 to $150 so it is well worth sharpening them. I bought a DeWalt
> 12" miter saw. The blade was OK, but then I lent it to someone doing
> laminate flooring, knowing the blade would be trashed when the job was
> done. I sent it to Ridge Carbide and it came back better than when it
> was new.
>
> If I ever need a new blade, this is the one I'd get
> http://www.ridgecarbidetool.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_33&products_i
> d=43&osCsid=a51d4ac32256a697e9648e001a754060
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Thanks again Edwin. I kept that link. I see they are in NJ. From where I
am I see it will cost me $5.50 to ship it. Assume about the same to
return so $27 for a "new" blade.
That laminate flooring kills them. First one I put down I had a new steel
plywood blade laying around. Maybe 6 cuts and it was blue smoke trashed.
Carbide did well for the whole floor. Found out some laminate flooring
has aluminum oxide in it's surface. Same stuff used for metal sanding
paper. Steel blade didn't have a change :-)
I assume the person ran the carbide blade until it blue smoked. Can they
be sharpened when they are at that point?
Red...
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Posted by Oren on March 30, 2008, 5:42 pm
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>That laminate flooring kills them. First one I put down I had a new steel
>plywood blade laying around. Maybe 6 cuts and it was blue smoke trashed.
>Carbide did well for the whole floor. Found out some laminate flooring
>has aluminum oxide in it's surface. Same stuff used for metal sanding
>paper. Steel blade didn't have a change :-)
>I assume the person ran the carbide blade until it blue smoked. Can they
>be sharpened when they are at that point
I learned the same thing about metal in some flooring. I was wondering
why the blades were dying a fast death.
I've installed urethane flex moulding* and THAT will kill a blade
faster than 5/8" thick Mohawk hardwood flooring :)
Valuflex is a urethane resin and can be used for most interior or
exterior profiles.
http://www.elandelwoodproducts.com/flex.html
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on March 30, 2008, 9:38 pm
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> That laminate flooring kills them. First one I put down I had a new steel
> plywood blade laying around. Maybe 6 cuts and it was blue smoke trashed.
> Carbide did well for the whole floor. Found out some laminate flooring
> has aluminum oxide in it's surface. Same stuff used for metal sanding
> paper. Steel blade didn't have a change :-)
> I assume the person ran the carbide blade until it blue smoked. Can they
> be sharpened when they are at that point?
> Red...
I made three cuts with a steel blade on a tablesaw about 10 years ago. I had
two cuts to go at nigh so I went to WalMart and bought a cheap steel blade
there. Barely made the second cut.
I lent the saw and blade knowing the blade would be trashed and figured I'd
get a new and better one. Since I was sending out a couple of other blades
to be sharpened, I figured I'd take a chance and try getting the DeWalt
blade done too. Bad is it was, it came back better than from the factory.
Cleaner cuts with no splintering. Well worth sharpening as it saved me the
cost of a new blade.
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>> It's done. Picked it up tonight. It indeed was $236+tax. Check out
>> tomorrow.
>> One thing I've already learned about 12' ones. Blades are a lot more
>> expensive.
>
> The 12" blades last longer though, more teeth to share in the cutting.
> And they can be resharpened
>
> Enjoy the new tool.
>
>