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"Sammy" wrote in message
> Anyway, to top it off, my new JDS accu-miter fell out of the slot and onto
> the floor today as well!
> It's all straightened out now, but I'm disappointed with myself. (To be
> fair, this is a new start after a couple of year layoff.)
In article <[email protected]>, "Sammy" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Just cutting my first project with my brand new WWII saw blade, and cut
>through the end of a drywall screw. Perhaps only a millimeter of it, but
>still...
>
>Will it be OK? Has anyone else done this?
I cut clean through a 6-penny finish nail with my WWII a few months ago, with
no noticeable effect on the blade or the quality of the cuts. OTOH, a drywall
screw is a bit harder than a finish nail. If I were you, I'd inspect the blade
pretty carefully before using it. If there's any damage visible to any of the
teeth, don't use it; send it back to Forrest for repair. If you can't see any
damage, make a few test cuts. If you can't tell any difference (and I'm
betting you won't), keep using it and don't worry.
>
>BTW, it's true: this blade cuts edges like glass. At least when crosscutting
>pine.
It'll do the same when crosscutting white oak or sugar maple, too. I get
near-perfect cuts from mine, no matter what I'm cutting.
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Doug Miller (alphageek-at-milmac-dot-com)
Sammy wrote:
> Just cutting my first project with my brand new WWII saw blade, and
> cut through the end of a drywall screw. Perhaps only a millimeter of
> it, but still...
>
> Will it be OK?
Naah, I'd throw that drywall screw away. ;-)
-- Mark
P.S. Sorry about the WWII. The very first day of marching band practice I
dropped my brand new trombone. About $500 of 1975 money. The slide was
never the same. It still isn't.
Sammy wrote:
> Just cutting my first project with my brand new WWII saw blade, and cut
> through the end of a drywall screw. Perhaps only a millimeter of it, but
> still...
>
> Will it be OK? Has anyone else done this?
Not exactly. Mine is a much, much cheaper Freud, and it was a piece of
angle iron. I cut about 1/8" into the thing just as pretty as you please,
on about the second day I had the blade. It made a very nice cut.
I bought a new, identical blade a few weeks later, with the intention of
sending the original off somewhere to get it sharpened. Just for kicks, I
did some test cuts with both blades. I can't see much difference, and if I
had to pick a better one, I'd say the original one cuts slightly better
than the new one. I haven't bothered to get it sharpened.
The main thing to watch out for is chipped teeth.
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On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 23:25:02 GMT, "Sammy" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Just cutting my first project with my brand new WWII saw blade, and cut
>through the end of a drywall screw.
Not a good idea, especially not for a drywall screw....
But on the bright side, it sounds like it was embedded in the timber.
Carbide is pretty hard, but brittle. It's the shock of hitting exposed
steel that usually chips carbide, not the ones already deep in a cut.
>Will it be OK?
Time to find a good desklight and maybe a magnifier. Definitely take
the blade off the saw. Then you'll have to look for yourself.
BTW - Why are you using a good blade to saw up firewood ? Keep a
junker for that sort of thing.
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"Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 23:25:02 GMT, "Sammy" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> BTW - Why are you using a good blade to saw up firewood ? Keep a
> junker for that sort of thing.
You're right about that.
The easels I'm building require such an angle that one must first cut one
board, then screw it into another to get the final angle (don't ask).
Anyway, the whole thing struck me as dangerous and stupid, and I won't do it
again.
I gave it a brief visual, though not the magnifying glass as yet. It only
got the very tip of it. Literally a millimeter, if that. The cuts since have
been immaculate, but I'm only cutting pine right now.
Anyway, to top it off, my new JDS accu-miter fell out of the slot and onto
the floor today as well!
GODDAMMIT! It was all cockeyed, I almost crapped my pants...
It's all straightened out now, but I'm disappointed with myself. (To be
fair, this is a new start after a couple of year layoff.)