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13th February 2017, 10:04 AM #1
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Getting a DW745, which saw blades to start?
I've finally bit the bullet and bought a Dewalt DW745 on the weekend (price matched at Bunnings to get it from $849 to $719), but am expecting the stock blade to be pretty rubbish. This will be my first table saw (hell, I haven't even used one before) so I'm not quite sure where to start.
I will be cutting a fair bit of plywood, as I have cheap and easy access to it (used to work at the local plymill), so I'm concerned that a General Purpose blade will give me tear out. Is that necessarily the case?
So any recommendations on blade(s)? Budget is a concern, ideally not wanting to spend much more than $100 (whether that be for one really good general purpose blade, or two cheap blades).
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13th February 2017, 11:44 AM #2
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I use a Bosch Multimaterial 80 tooth blade for cutting my plywood. Minimal tearout with the ZCI
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13th February 2017, 01:33 PM #3
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Can it handle ripping duties as well? (I'm guessing not given the high tooth count)
Originally Posted by Lappa
As I don't have a planer or thicknesser I'll also be using the table saw to dimension my materials (cleaning up with handplanes afterwards).
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13th February 2017, 02:08 PM #4
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I have a 20T for ripping and a 40T for general work including crosscutting. I mainly use the 80T for ply. I use handplanes also, but on larger stuff it's off the Men's Shed
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15th February 2017, 11:27 AM #5
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For general work I use a 60 T to rip and crosscut wood and does a reasonable job on sheet goods also. A zero clearance plate really helps with tearout. To rip thick stock I go to a 24T blade. As to budget I find I get by with general off the shelf blades from the green shed. Irwin and similar.
Remember if you want to go for thin kerf blades then you will have to replace the riving knife/splitter to suit.
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John
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15th February 2017, 11:53 AM #6
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I have one and the provided blade isn't too bad. Touch it up with one of the $200 carbide blade grinders from China and they work even better.
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