Thread: What are THE BEST blades available in Australia?

G'day Stuart,

Similar to what I just wrote in the thread Best Router Bits.

Kanefusa
http://www.kanefusa.jp/eng/products/wood/index.html
Damn good t/saw blades, pricey but they're backed by great steel and R&D.

See pages 21-45 of http://www.kanefusa.jp/eng/products/...catalogue2.pdf

Daiko, also Japanese, make great t/saw blades.At the moment I have CMTs Industrial Fine Cuttoff blade in my 10HB which is my primary blade for combination work.

Thanks Waldo - should clarify - cost is not one of the criteria for selection (unless we start talking about diamond tipped diamond or something!!)

Any idea of local suppliers?

Originally Posted by Stuart

Any idea of local suppliers?

I think from memory you can get Daiko blades from Peacock Saws in Brisbane. (yep you can)

http://ebm.worldhosting.org/easyweb3...ART=11&BLOCK=0
But very pricey, but

I did have a Daiko Combination Rip 300, 3.2, 40 teeth, but FIL flogged it and now I have an empty box. Fantastic blade.

$70 - $130? Doesn't seem too bad if I am reading it correctly. (Or shouldn't blades typically be that much?)

Stuart,

As you know I am not a big fan of the combo blades. Some people like it but not me.

I bought 2 blades together with my supersaw 4 years ago. They were a Frued ripping blade (24 teeth) and a crosscut blade (60 teeth). So far they have done a great job for me. The crosscut blade produces a very clean cut on hardwood, MDF and ply. I am very happy with it.

I do have to change between the 2 blades all the time but I am used to it now.

I wouldn’t mind trying the CMT blades but there is no need at the moment because the Frued blades are still going strong. Hope it helps.

Sorry forgot to tell you the price.

The crosscut blade was around $100 (OK it came with the saw so it was free)
and the ripping blade was around $45.

Originally Posted by Stuart

$70 - $130? Doesn't seem too bad if I am reading it correctly. (Or shouldn't blades typically be that much?)

I was looking at this one: D-CD3N30010030 Daiko 300x100x30 NF for $197, they go upwards from there to around $300.

I am hoping to become that industrious, and being able to easily change blades finally, I hope that I will (as you do with bandsaws - the right blade for the job). With the built-in shaft lock, and (finally) having a removable insert to give good access, this is where I hope to head. (Have to break some old habits.... used to just using 1 x 60 tooth blade, and never changing it for fear of mucking up the Triton's accuracy!)

Cheers Waldo - course, they are cheaper for the 10"!

Originally Posted by Stuart

(Have to break some old habits.... used to just using 1 x 60 tooth blade, and never changing it for fear of mucking up the Triton's accuracy!)

Now that is the first time you say something bad about Triton.

Seriously, it won't take you long to get used to it. Sometimes I would change the blade 3-4 times in a Saturday afternoon. It takes less than a minute and its that easy.

My two non controversial cents worth

I have 3 blades for my unisaw....And I like em all

I have the blade that came with the saw which is a Delta combo blade....I use that for rough sizing timber, as it works well either cross cut or rip.

I aslo have a CMT melamine and fine cut off (80 teeth). this does an excellent job on cross cuts and sheet goods. I got this balde thrown in from Carbatec when I bought the saw

lastly I have a Freud glue line rip blade that leaves an excellent finish on the cut and cuts quite fast. This Blade I bought from Major woodworking equipment.

All these blades are the same age (approx 2 years) and are still going strong

cheers
BD

As Wongo said, blade changes on the tablesaw are a non-event, espeially on the TL10S with spindle lock.

At the risk of being seen to be pushing Northwood, I would still recommend their "home brand" blades. I originally bought 3 on the recommendation of another forumite (Spartan) to tide me over whilst I was looking for the big bucks blades.

Long story short, I never did buy those big bucks blades, these blades are excellent and you can't beat the price, $100 for 3 blades delivered.

I have 4 blades for my 12" saw,

A 48 tooth combo blade that came with my saw. It's now blunt and I hardly ever use it. It's very noisy just spinning, and extra noisy when cutting

A $52 , 24 tooth CMT ripper from Carbatec. It's nothing special but it does the job. Moderately quite just spinning and also noisy when cutting

A $105 , 100 tooth triple chipper for very fine cross cuts on small pieces which is slow but makes the quietest cleanest cuts in wood.

But I reckon my best blade is my 96 negative raked tooth, $60, "made in china blade" Bosch , composite cutting blade (melamine, ally, plastic etc) that I bought from toolmark last year. It's built like a brick dunny, has nice meaty TC teeth and seems to eat anything I throw at it in a very clean way. If I have to buy another blade I'm definitely going to look in that range of blades.

Originally Posted by Stuart

Have to break some old habits.... used to just using 1 x 60 tooth blade, and never changing it for fear of mucking up the Triton's accuracy!

Welcome to the world of real machinery Once you've used cast iron machinery you'll never want to go back to that pressed metal stuff

G'day.
Yep. Kanafusa saws are the best by a long shot.
Available from Advanced Timber Systems (ATS) in Darra (Brisbane)
All my TCT saws used for our flooring production are Kanafusa.