Blades

[buddy1227]

New to this forum but have gotten many good tips from you guys....thanks.

 

My questiion concerns blades. I do portraits and use the FD Spiral 2/0 blade. It does a great job but I've thrown a bunch of perfectly good blades away because the end keeps snapping off due to the fact that they are not flat end blades.

 

I see Mike (Mike's Workshop) has the #1 and #3 Spiral "flat end blades" for sale. Are either of these type of blades comparable to the 2/0 blade. In other words can I do portraits with them?

 

Any help would be appreciated.....Walter

[wood-n-things]

If you send mike an e-mail he will tell you the straight information on your question. Best to go right to the source.

[Travis]

Yup. Those blades will work really well for portraits. I've used them before and it works really nice. They fit in the saw really easily without much fiddling. Obviously they're a bit bigger than the 2/0, but I don't find it a problem with my cuttings.

 

For your other blades, I usually use a couple needle nose plyers to straighten out the ends. That way they won't snap when you apply the thumb screws.

[Marshall]

Yes buddy the guys are steering you in the right way for sure , Flying dutchman blades are the only blade I use and I've used just about all the other blades out there . And Mike is the greatest on these blades for information. ............ Marshall

[buddy1227]

Thanks for the help. I will give the flat end spirals a try and also try to straighten out the 2/0 blades with some needle nose pliers.

[greasemonkeyredneck]

I use almost exclusively FD#3 spirals for my portraits.