Blades story

[heppnerguy]

  When I got my first batch of Pegas blades I found them to be way too aggressive for me and did not use them for awhile. After some time  I tried them again and started to enjoy them more and more. The last two projects I cut were entirely cut with Pegas #1 spiral blades and I think they just might end up being my 'go to' blade for most of my fret cutting. I do not experience the breaking of these blades on my 30 inch  Excalibur saw. I love those blades now

Dick

heppnerguy

[TAIrving]

I do not have an issue with blades breaking.  I just cut 2 fretwork crosses using Pegas MGT blades.  See my post "Cross" in the Bragging Rights" forum.  I cut the cedar cross using one MGT#3 blade and started the white oak cross using the same blade.  That blade was not cutting the 1/2" white oak all that well so I changed to an MGT#5 blade.  I used just the 2 blades for the 2 crosses.  

[rash_powder]

I typically break blades in one of two places with my Hegner - just under the top clamp, or very near the work piece.  I'm guessing I side load too much or bend the blade when bottom feeding when they break low; when high I feel it is because the top clamp cannot rock like the bottom can so it repeatedly bends the blade causing it to fatigue and fail.  

The next most common blade problem I have is they pull out of the clamp, typically the bottom.  Thats tension or getting the blade clean and installed correctly.