I need to make a cut that might go through 1 or 2 little nails.
I am not sure yet if I will be using a TS or a circular saw, but I think
either should go through an 18 gauge nail easily enough, shouldn't it?
I have accidentally gone through finishing nails before, once damaging the
blade, but those are a lot bigger. Whatcha think?
"bf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Toller wrote:
>> I need to make a cut that might go through 1 or 2 little nails.
>> I am not sure yet if I will be using a TS or a circular saw, but I think
>> either should go through an 18 gauge nail easily enough, shouldn't it?
>>
>> I have accidentally gone through finishing nails before, once damaging
>> the
>> blade, but those are a lot bigger. Whatcha think?
>
> Is this for a furniture piece? Can you get by with using a cheapo $10
> blade? Can you create new pieces? Is this plywood or solid wood..
> because a cheap blade might splinter your plywood veneer.
>
> I've cut through finishing nails several times while trying to salvage
> trim, but I used an inexpensive blade. A carbide type blade will go
> through, no problem. I wouldn't risk a $100 blade though.
>
I have a bunch of blades I got at a garage sale that are disposable. I
wanted to make sure there wasn't some safety hazzard to it; but all say no.
thanks
Toller wrote:
> I need to make a cut that might go through 1 or 2 little nails.
> I am not sure yet if I will be using a TS or a circular saw, but I think
> either should go through an 18 gauge nail easily enough, shouldn't it?
>
> I have accidentally gone through finishing nails before, once damaging the
> blade, but those are a lot bigger. Whatcha think?
Is this for a furniture piece? Can you get by with using a cheapo $10
blade? Can you create new pieces? Is this plywood or solid wood..
because a cheap blade might splinter your plywood veneer.
I've cut through finishing nails several times while trying to salvage
trim, but I used an inexpensive blade. A carbide type blade will go
through, no problem. I wouldn't risk a $100 blade though.
Toller (in [email protected]) said:
| I need to make a cut that might go through 1 or 2 little nails.
| I am not sure yet if I will be using a TS or a circular saw, but I
| think either should go through an 18 gauge nail easily enough,
| shouldn't it?
|
| I have accidentally gone through finishing nails before, once
| damaging the blade, but those are a lot bigger. Whatcha think?
Table saw, carbide blade, safety glasses, stay out of the line of cut.
I've cut 10d nails by accident. I slowed the feed immediately I saw
the first spark, removed and inspected the blade immediately after the
cut (It was my best 100T carbide blade) and found no damage.
I decided I didn't really need to recycle pallet wood after that. It'd
have been a pretty expensive "free" board if I had damaged the
blade...
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
In article <[email protected]>,
Toller <[email protected]> wrote:
>I need to make a cut that might go through 1 or 2 little nails.
>I am not sure yet if I will be using a TS or a circular saw, but I think
>either should go through an 18 gauge nail easily enough, shouldn't it?
>
>I have accidentally gone through finishing nails before, once damaging the
>blade, but those are a lot bigger. Whatcha think?
>
>
There are "nail cutting" blades available for handheld circular saws,
but for a one-time cut, I would just use a regular carpenter quality
blade. 18 gauge brads are pretty thin, I can't picture one or two
damaging a blade, but I wouldn't intentionally cut them with by best
blades.
--
Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
[email protected]
"Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:
> I need to make a cut that might go through 1 or 2 little nails.
> I am not sure yet if I will be using a TS or a circular saw, but I think
> either should go through an 18 gauge nail easily enough, shouldn't it?
>
> I have accidentally gone through finishing nails before, once damaging the
> blade, but those are a lot bigger. Whatcha think?
>
>
No big deal. If you know you are going to be cutting a nail go very slow. I
have cut nails lengthwise with no damage to the blade. Go too fast and you
risk knocking the carbide teeth off.
"Owen Lawrence" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>>> I need to make a cut that might go through 1 or 2 little nails.
>>> I am not sure yet if I will be using a TS or a circular saw, but I
>>> think either should go through an 18 gauge nail easily enough,
>>> shouldn't it?
>>>
>>> I have accidentally gone through finishing nails before, once damaging
>>> the
>>> blade, but those are a lot bigger. Whatcha think?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> No big deal. If you know you are going to be cutting a nail go very
>> slow. I
>> have cut nails lengthwise with no damage to the blade. Go too fast and
>> you risk knocking the carbide teeth off.
>
> And the sparks are real purty, too! BTDT
>
> - Owen -
>
>
>
Never saw any sparks.
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:28:33 GMT, "Toller" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I need to make a cut that might go through 1 or 2 little nails.
>I am not sure yet if I will be using a TS or a circular saw, but I think
>either should go through an 18 gauge nail easily enough, shouldn't it?
>
>I have accidentally gone through finishing nails before, once damaging the
>blade, but those are a lot bigger. Whatcha think?
>
Depending on the size of the nails, the quality of the blade, and the
number of teeth on the blade you will end up with varied results. For
example, a high quality carbide 100 tooth blade will suffer just a
little damge cutting a 18ga brad. But say a lower quality blade of 20
teeth cutting a 16d common will suffer a great deal.
>> I need to make a cut that might go through 1 or 2 little nails.
>> I am not sure yet if I will be using a TS or a circular saw, but I think
>> either should go through an 18 gauge nail easily enough, shouldn't it?
>>
>> I have accidentally gone through finishing nails before, once damaging
>> the
>> blade, but those are a lot bigger. Whatcha think?
>>
>>
>
> No big deal. If you know you are going to be cutting a nail go very slow.
> I
> have cut nails lengthwise with no damage to the blade. Go too fast and you
> risk knocking the carbide teeth off.
And the sparks are real purty, too! BTDT
- Owen -
"Toller" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I need to make a cut that might go through 1 or 2 little nails.
> I am not sure yet if I will be using a TS or a circular saw, but I think
> either should go through an 18 gauge nail easily enough, shouldn't it?
>
> I have accidentally gone through finishing nails before, once damaging the
> blade, but those are a lot bigger. Whatcha think?
>
18 gauge, no problem. Just use a cheap carbide blade. I cut flooring
underlayment with a circular saw and hit staples and nails all day long. I
even cut concrete boards on the TS with a cheap blade, much harder than
hitting a few nails.