Yesterday, I took my Freud 50 tooth "red" blade off to clean out some of the
resin build up on the teeth and examine how its holding up. This is not a
Forrester blade but its definitely a high end multi-purpose blade. I was
shocked to find one of the teeth had broken cleanly off. I remember one
incident that might have caused this, though I did have the sense to examine
the blade after it happened. I had cross cut a piece of wood in the saw
while it still had a defect in the main table (see my other posts on this).
I was not aware of the defect at the time, as the saw was too new. At any
rate, I had a kick back incident that broke up the scrap side of the wood
into small pieces. The force was great enough that it took a chip out of the
table insert.
My cautious side says I should hang this blade on the wall as a reminder and
never use it again. Are such things repairable? I hate to abandon a $50
blade that is under 2 months old, but I'm worth more than that!
Bob
Thanks for the reply, Lawrence. I didn't even realize Forrest did this, but
I see it described in the brochure that came with my Forrest blade.
Bob
"Lawrence A. Ramsey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Send it to Forrest and have them weld another tooth on, resharpen and
> return.
>
> n Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:50:45 GMT, "Bob Davis"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Yesterday, I took my Freud 50 tooth "red" blade off to clean out some of
the
> >resin build up on the teeth and examine how its holding up. This is not
a
> >Forrester blade but its definitely a high end multi-purpose blade. I was
> >shocked to find one of the teeth had broken cleanly off. I remember one
> >incident that might have caused this, though I did have the sense to
examine
> >the blade after it happened. I had cross cut a piece of wood in the saw
> >while it still had a defect in the main table (see my other posts on
this).
> >I was not aware of the defect at the time, as the saw was too new. At
any
> >rate, I had a kick back incident that broke up the scrap side of the wood
> >into small pieces. The force was great enough that it took a chip out of
the
> >table insert.
> >
> >My cautious side says I should hang this blade on the wall as a reminder
and
> >never use it again. Are such things repairable? I hate to abandon a $50
> >blade that is under 2 months old, but I'm worth more than that!
> >
> >Bob
> >
>
Plan "B": Blacken the tooth space and just call it a poor relative....
Erik Ahrens wrote:
> I think you should ask signifigant other if the money should go for a new
> blade or life insurance 8-)
>
> Erik
>
> "Bob Davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Yesterday, I took my Freud 50 tooth "red" blade off to clean out some of
>
> the
>
>>resin build up on the teeth and examine how its holding up. This is not a
>>Forrester blade but its definitely a high end multi-purpose blade. I was
>>shocked to find one of the teeth had broken cleanly off. I remember one
>>incident that might have caused this, though I did have the sense to
>
> examine
>
>>the blade after it happened. I had cross cut a piece of wood in the saw
>>while it still had a defect in the main table (see my other posts on
>
> this).
>
>>I was not aware of the defect at the time, as the saw was too new. At any
>>rate, I had a kick back incident that broke up the scrap side of the wood
>>into small pieces. The force was great enough that it took a chip out of
>
> the
>
>>table insert.
>>
>>My cautious side says I should hang this blade on the wall as a reminder
>
> and
>
>>never use it again. Are such things repairable? I hate to abandon a $50
>>blade that is under 2 months old, but I'm worth more than that!
>>
>>Bob
>>
>>
>
>
>
I think you should ask signifigant other if the money should go for a new
blade or life insurance 8-)
Erik
"Bob Davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Yesterday, I took my Freud 50 tooth "red" blade off to clean out some of
the
> resin build up on the teeth and examine how its holding up. This is not a
> Forrester blade but its definitely a high end multi-purpose blade. I was
> shocked to find one of the teeth had broken cleanly off. I remember one
> incident that might have caused this, though I did have the sense to
examine
> the blade after it happened. I had cross cut a piece of wood in the saw
> while it still had a defect in the main table (see my other posts on
this).
> I was not aware of the defect at the time, as the saw was too new. At any
> rate, I had a kick back incident that broke up the scrap side of the wood
> into small pieces. The force was great enough that it took a chip out of
the
> table insert.
>
> My cautious side says I should hang this blade on the wall as a reminder
and
> never use it again. Are such things repairable? I hate to abandon a $50
> blade that is under 2 months old, but I'm worth more than that!
>
> Bob
>
>
Send it to Forrest and have them weld another tooth on, resharpen and
return.
n Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:50:45 GMT, "Bob Davis"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Yesterday, I took my Freud 50 tooth "red" blade off to clean out some of the
>resin build up on the teeth and examine how its holding up. This is not a
>Forrester blade but its definitely a high end multi-purpose blade. I was
>shocked to find one of the teeth had broken cleanly off. I remember one
>incident that might have caused this, though I did have the sense to examine
>the blade after it happened. I had cross cut a piece of wood in the saw
>while it still had a defect in the main table (see my other posts on this).
>I was not aware of the defect at the time, as the saw was too new. At any
>rate, I had a kick back incident that broke up the scrap side of the wood
>into small pieces. The force was great enough that it took a chip out of the
>table insert.
>
>My cautious side says I should hang this blade on the wall as a reminder and
>never use it again. Are such things repairable? I hate to abandon a $50
>blade that is under 2 months old, but I'm worth more than that!
>
>Bob
>