Rob Keeble
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I did not want to hi jack Brents blade thread but i feel its long overdue that we discuss these blades here.
Ever since i replaced the first blade on my craftsman orion made saw, i have used the cheap diablo blades from home depot.
They are thin kerf and i find at $39 Canadian that they very good value. Supposed to be capable of 6 sharpenings but i have yet to take one in since i just dont see how they gonna do it for less than $39. Some day i will find a guy see how much and take a batch to be done if they get to around $20 but i doubt that up here.
Anyhow I also switched to a diablo thin kerf in my skill saw (yup its a genuine skil saw ) and the improvement it made to useing this saw made it a dream. At around $13 per blade its a steel to cut down material with it.
In the diablo range which goes as high as $59 here, there are quite a few tooth number choices and i just dont see that they can be beat by the high dollar blades for a saw like mine with its power.
I get real good cuts with these blades, maybe some of you are way to fussy about the final cut. After setting up my saw properly i dont get burning and hey tear out is controlled by technique.
So anyone else prepared to admit they heretics and use the diablo range. Got any thoughts on why i should pay $100 plus for a blade.
Ever since i replaced the first blade on my craftsman orion made saw, i have used the cheap diablo blades from home depot.
They are thin kerf and i find at $39 Canadian that they very good value. Supposed to be capable of 6 sharpenings but i have yet to take one in since i just dont see how they gonna do it for less than $39. Some day i will find a guy see how much and take a batch to be done if they get to around $20 but i doubt that up here.
Anyhow I also switched to a diablo thin kerf in my skill saw (yup its a genuine skil saw ) and the improvement it made to useing this saw made it a dream. At around $13 per blade its a steel to cut down material with it.
In the diablo range which goes as high as $59 here, there are quite a few tooth number choices and i just dont see that they can be beat by the high dollar blades for a saw like mine with its power.
I get real good cuts with these blades, maybe some of you are way to fussy about the final cut. After setting up my saw properly i dont get burning and hey tear out is controlled by technique.
So anyone else prepared to admit they heretics and use the diablo range. Got any thoughts on why i should pay $100 plus for a blade.