Thread: circular saw blades - cordless kind??

Glad you're happy with your cordless saw. I've had a Metabo for about 4 years now, and frankly consider it useless on anything harder than softwood. I've since changed brands and doubled the voltage to 36, which works much better in the saws but is awfully big & heavy in the drills.

All other things being equal, the greater the tooth count, the finer the crosscut (and slower the rip). For melamine faced boards, a 40T blade in the 6 1/2" diameter is an effective choice. Two suggestions: cover your cutline with masking tape before marking, to minimise top breakout and chipping, and to remove the marks easily, and raise the blade up in the body until it only protrudes some 5-10mm. through the bottom of the kerf. It's safer that way, and reduces the exit angle of the teeth and the chance of chipping.

E-bay is an inexpensive source of blades, but ensure you buy the correct arbour size. The Maks (I think) use a 16mm arbour. If so then thin kerf blades from the US with a 5/8" arbour will fit a treat, and can be found for US $10-20. Buy a few to cover the postage and they're a great buy.

Not sure what diamater blade you need, but I've bought some 40T 125mm blades from McJing which seem good.

You need to call them though, as it is not listed on their website (as are not lots of their products).

One thing I'd neglected to mention is that thin-kerf blades will work a whole lot better in a cordless saw than standard sized ones will. Many manufacturers make a superb quality 160mm crosscut blade (Festool, Metabo, etc) with a 20mm. arbour, for which bushings are available, but are too wide for a cordless saw.

found out makita has a 54 tooth listed for this saw, so i will order one thru glenfords.

FYI, the makita LXT 18v saw works great. G