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17th August 2017, 10:38 AM #1
Sawstop blade quality? incra mitre express
I have a sawstop jobsite with the stock blade, and yesterday my incra mitre express arrived. The incra sled requires cutting on the saw and my question is:
Is the sawstop stock blade good enough or should I opt for something top grade before cutting the sled?
As once the sled is cut I believe then the sled is tailored to that blade.
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17th August 2017, 11:07 AM #2Senior Member
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Not sure what blade do you have on contractors saw, but from my experience the sawstop blades are top quality. Are you going to use your machine with the same blade for both ripping and crosscuts. I assume that the sled will be used for crosscuts - did you consider getting a dedicated crosscut blade?
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17th August 2017, 11:14 AM #3
Perhaps but then again I dont want to be constantly changing from rip to crosscut. I guess if I plan I would make all rip cuts then cross cuts, but I dont plan and often change my mind as i go (lots to learn)
You have given me something to consider, thanks. That's exactly the sort of feedback that i was looking for.
The blade is the one supplied with the saw.
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17th August 2017, 11:27 AM #4Senior Member
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That blade is pretty good with ripping, I use probably identical blade for ripping now (I have a more senior sawstop version, and the blade came with it), I did 80 mm deep cuts in 40 year old vic ash last weekend, and the cut finish is superb. I do not use it for crosscuts, as I have dedicated blade for that. Changing blade is 2 minutes; gained quality improvement is substantial in my view to justify 2 minutes on blade change. But a while back I also started with just one universal blade
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17th August 2017, 01:09 PM #5Senior Member
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I have the jobsite saw with the supplied blade. No issues with ripping but haven't tried crosscuts as yet.
Cheers Bucky
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17th August 2017, 03:44 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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If you are only ripping smaller infrequent items then you can use the cross cut blade for both purposes and keep a good quality spare sharp blade and change when required.
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19th August 2017, 04:27 PM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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I am not tremendously experienced with table saws, so take my advice with a whole handful of salt... But:
The sawstop titanium blades seem excellent. The 80 tooth crosscut blade is excellent for crosscuts but (unsurprisingly!) no good for ripping. The 40 tooth combo blade is pretty good for both in my experience - just about the only times I bother switching to the crosscut is if I am setting up for cuts (that I care about) in ply or MDF, or if I'm doing cross cuts that I know are super, super critical.
Cheers,
Danny
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19th August 2017, 06:20 PM #8SENIOR MEMBER
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I've got the 40 tooth Titanium, 80 tooth Titatnium for cross cuts, and the 40 tooth that came with the saw. I have noticed a difference between the regular 40 tooth and the Titanium - the Titanium cuts easier and there was very little burning. The cross cut performance of the 40 tooth blades is definitely inferior to the 80 tooth. The 80 tooth can cut melamine with no chip out. If you can swing it, I'd suggest getting a good cross cut blade or maybe a 60 tooth combo blade. The kerf of all three of the Sawstop blades are 1/8" so even if you cut the sled today, you could still get a cross cut blade later, most 'normal' saw blades have 1/8" kerf as well. I think cutting the sled matches the sled to your saw and whether the sled is going to be used on the right or left side of the blade, not so much matching the blade, unless you're using something that isn't standard. I think a big advantage of getting a cross cut blade now would be getting a super clean cut on the phenolic top of the mitre express sled. For me, the difference in cut quality is enough that I change blades as I need to. The 80 tooth is terrible for ripping (and pretty much all high tooth count blades), so keep your 40 tooth if you do get a new xcut blade.
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