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7th October 2016, 03:50 PM #16Senior Member
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There is another advantage of thin kerf, they have less bite and are a bit easier to control feed rate. Some find that easier with sliders and RAS which climb cut. I don't think that offsets the downside of potentially less accurate cuts from blade movement.
Dust control is an interesting one, while you are right that a thinner kerf will produce less dust the blade geometry plays a role in where it goes.
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14th October 2016, 11:19 PM #17Senior Member
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I just picked up a Bosch GSM12SD last weekend from the Masters closing down sale and mine came listed as having a 30mm arbor but in fact had a 25.4mm blade fitted to it, it had Optiline Premium printed on the blade and was a 60 tooth blade, I am fairly impressed with the cut it made in some Iron Bark I put through it. When I first got it I was thinking about getting a 100 or 120 tooth blade for it, but after having tried the existing blade out I don't know if I will.
Having said that, the cheapest price for an Optiline 120T 305mm blade was listed as $66.99 on the www.renonation.com.au site. I haven't called them as yet so don't know if it was a misprice or not but if it isn't, it seems to be a really good price.
The only issue I have with my model Bosch SCMS is that the dust extraction system on it is useless, I am currently building an adaptor that will enable me to connect my 100mm extractor hose to it. I did look at the glide version and whilst it was a very nice machine I couldn't justify the price for the small amount of cutting that I would use it for.
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