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New Blades, testing


Wichman

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I used up all my FD corian #3 blades and am looking for replacements. Today the first batch of test blades came in. One dozen each FD Polar skip #1, #3; Pegas Skip tooth #1, #3.

I am cutting the interior of my heart boxes, 1 1/4 inch thick oak, some fairly sharp corners, same pattern for each blade, two boxes per blade type.

FD-P #3 first up, fairly good cutting very smooth finish, drop out slides back and forth in the hole without binding, good tracking (didn't wander off the line)

PST-3 good cutting, not as smooth finsh, one drop out would not slide all the way through, poor tracking.

PST-1okay cutting, broke one blade an inch into the cut, finished the first and second box with the second blade,not as smooth a finish as FD, drop out slides back and forth , poor tracking.

FD-P #1 great cutting, smooth finish, drop out slides back and forth, good tracking. I think this is the winner, especially for the sliding dovetails.

I'll continue to contrast and compare these blade to one another as I make more boxes. :)

 

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That was my fathers first saw.. He wore the thing out and rebuilt it once.. then the next time he wanted to upgrade to the variable speed version.. I think 40-540? model.. Anyway the 40-560 Type 2 is the first saw I ran.. as my father gave it to me to try.. I rebuilt the thing but didn't use it too much after that. Still have it.. Was with dad the day he bought it.. 

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