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    Default 24 tooth blade.... Good for what?

    Hey everyone,

    I am currently putting about 200 linear metres of 105mm jarrah decking through the table saw. I was using the thicknesser to remove the reeding, but I am going to use too many blades..... I am currently using a 40 tooth saw blade, which is working, but it is due for a sharpen..... It costs me $25 to get this done. I noticed I can buy a new 24 tooth Bosch Optiline blade for $33. Is the 24 tooth blade a better idea for this type of work? Or is it going to be too rough?

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    I think the type of blade, and tooth shape, are more important than number of teeth in many instances. I have many blades for ripping -- some with 24 and some with 48 teeth. The important point is that these blades are for ripping only. Blades for cross-cutting rip quite poorly (regardless of few or lots of teeth) and my combo blades do the job for both ripping and cross-cutting but not as well as a specialist blade.

    You're doing a lot of ripping, in hardwood. I would want to use a specialist rip blade in a fairly high quality brand. In my opinion, it is better to spend your money on better blades and get them sharpened, then to buy multiple cheaper blades. But then again, I've never used the Bosch blade you're considering and it may rip beautifully! Good luck.
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    A cheap 24 tooth TCT blade will be fine for that job. I read your other thread on the thicknesser woes so fully understand what you are doing. I use an Irwin 24 tooth for general ripping of recycled and slab wood. No need to chew up an expensive blade on a job like this. The TCT blades stay sharp a long time. It will not be as fine a cut as the 40 tooth you are using but it is being thicknessed so no problem. It will cut faster than the 40 tooth also.
    On the thicknesser side I avoid putting anything through the machine that has not first been reduced to clean wood. My hand held electric plane gets a lot of work cleaning up old wood. Tungston blades on it seem to last a long time too.
    Regards
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    Quote Originally Posted by orraloon View Post
    A cheap 24 tooth TCT blade will be fine for that job. I read your other thread on the thicknesser woes so fully understand what you are doing. I use an Irwin 24 tooth for general ripping of recycled and slab wood. No need to chew up an expensive blade on a job like this. The TCT blades stay sharp a long time. It will not be as fine a cut as the 40 tooth you are using but it is being thicknessed so no problem. It will cut faster than the 40 tooth also.
    On the thicknesser side I avoid putting anything through the machine that has not first been reduced to clean wood. My hand held electric plane gets a lot of work cleaning up old wood. Tungston blades on it seem to last a long time too.
    Regards
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    Cheers! I will give the 24 tooth a rip when the 40 tooth blunts out!

    I realised on the weekend that the blades on my electric planer were only $20 to replace, so I gave that a work-out as well!

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    Quote Originally Posted by LuckyDuck View Post
    I think the type of blade, and tooth shape, are more important than number of teeth in many instances. I have many blades for ripping -- some with 24 and some with 48 teeth. The important point is that these blades are for ripping only. Blades for cross-cutting rip quite poorly (regardless of few or lots of teeth) and my combo blades do the job for both ripping and cross-cutting but not as well as a specialist blade.

    You're doing a lot of ripping, in hardwood. I would want to use a specialist rip blade in a fairly high quality brand. In my opinion, it is better to spend your money on better blades and get them sharpened, then to buy multiple cheaper blades. But then again, I've never used the Bosch blade you're considering and it may rip beautifully! Good luck.

    Cheers! I think, at $33, I will give the Bosch blade a rip and see how it goes.... I checked out some others in a tradies supply place today, and they are $70-120, depending, so not too far out of reach if need be.

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    If it's just for this job, go with a cheapie. If you want to use it for other jobs, then get a good brand. Forrest, Infinity, CMT, freud, etc. Buying them online is the easiest thing as you can easily find on with the right size, bore, teeth, and tooth pattern.

    I personally use Infinity, and have a rip, crosscut and combo blade (that cuts flat bottom trenches). I use them all regularly. Any of the brands above will give a great blade - there are probably many others too.

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