When I bought my Porter-Cable circular saw from Steve Coles it had a Forest Woodworker ll blade on it.
When it got very dull from cutting lots of treated 2x12s I put a Freud thin kerf blade on it. Haven’t used it much since then.
Saturday I was cutting the end of a butcher style countertop for my daughter. I bought the top from the Hardwood Store of Gibsonville. They really do a fantastic job for a very competitive price. When you consider the quality it is a very low price. Only they don’t trim to length.
Using the thin kerf blade to cut 2 inch thick hard maple gave less than desirable results. So, I went to Klingspor to get a full kerf 7 1/4 inch blade. They don’t have any, the salesman was nice (they always are so helpful) to check the internet for me to find a blade I could use. Apparently nobody makes one now, maybe Festool but I don’t own a Festool saw and not about to buy one.
The salesman suggested using a router to trim the edge of the countertop. About 1/32 should clean up the edge and be ready to sand.
That is when this happened...
When I got home from the ER I searched and searched and searched for a Forest Woodworker ll blade.
Even Forest don’t list it on their web site. But, Grizzly has one. Don’t know if it is new old stock or what. But, it is on the way. I guess when the thin kerf blade is $9 and the good blade is $129 people stop buying and the the stores stop stocking and then the manufacturers stop making.
I’ll let you know in a couple weeks how well it works, I suspect it will slice that hard maple like butter.
Anybody in the market for a nice Bosch router kit and lots of bits? I’ll clean it first.
Second time injured in my woodworking life and both times were from a router.
Won’t be a third.
When it got very dull from cutting lots of treated 2x12s I put a Freud thin kerf blade on it. Haven’t used it much since then.
Saturday I was cutting the end of a butcher style countertop for my daughter. I bought the top from the Hardwood Store of Gibsonville. They really do a fantastic job for a very competitive price. When you consider the quality it is a very low price. Only they don’t trim to length.
Using the thin kerf blade to cut 2 inch thick hard maple gave less than desirable results. So, I went to Klingspor to get a full kerf 7 1/4 inch blade. They don’t have any, the salesman was nice (they always are so helpful) to check the internet for me to find a blade I could use. Apparently nobody makes one now, maybe Festool but I don’t own a Festool saw and not about to buy one.
The salesman suggested using a router to trim the edge of the countertop. About 1/32 should clean up the edge and be ready to sand.
That is when this happened...
When I got home from the ER I searched and searched and searched for a Forest Woodworker ll blade.
Even Forest don’t list it on their web site. But, Grizzly has one. Don’t know if it is new old stock or what. But, it is on the way. I guess when the thin kerf blade is $9 and the good blade is $129 people stop buying and the the stores stop stocking and then the manufacturers stop making.
I’ll let you know in a couple weeks how well it works, I suspect it will slice that hard maple like butter.
Anybody in the market for a nice Bosch router kit and lots of bits? I’ll clean it first.
Second time injured in my woodworking life and both times were from a router.
Won’t be a third.