Thread: Carbitool saw blades, anyone tried them?

Assume you are talking about the last blade on the list as that's the only 305mm one.

I own one of their 350mm radial arm saw blades. It's great and their customer service is awesome. They sent me a custom size bush for free.

Cheers, Zac.

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Love their router bits, but I was quite disappointed when we tried one of their saw blades at work. Try Leuco, Dimar or AKE

I wasn't familiar with any of those brands and after a some research have ordered a crosscut blade from AKE.
Finally got around to a trial cut on some 30mm ply and the stock Bosch blade is definitely better than some I've had.

Thanks guys

Originally Posted by CgT

I wasn't familiar with any of those brands and after a some research have ordered a crosscut blade from AKE.
Finally got around to a trial cut on some 30mm ply and the stock Bosch blade is definitely better than some I've had.

Thanks guys

The stock Bosch blade on the glide is a gem, we've been running one at work for years now, they hold up a good while in a production setting between sharpenings, admittedly we are only using it for pine.

I think much depends on exactly what you are doing. I have a Bosch SCMS ( not the glide model) and the original 305mm 60T Bosch blade is satisfactory. The Bluemak blades I have, made by Makita, are much better again. Last time I bought, the Bosch were around $80 and the Bluemak $90 to $100. They may be a little more expensive now. Of course there will be better blades, but at what cost? And are these blades value for money.

By choice I have gone for Bluemak in recent times for 184mm, 235mm (rip) and 305mm. Typically I am cutting Spotted Gum, Forest Red Gum, Ironbark and the Casuarina Oaks: On a day off I can cut pine .

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by JK_Qld

The stock Bosch blade on the glide is a gem, we've been running one at work for years now, they hold up a good while in a production setting between sharpenings, admittedly we are only using it for pine.

How many times would you guestimate it's been sharpened?
I'd assumed, perhaps wrongly, these OEM blades would only be good for 2 or 3 times at best.

Originally Posted by CgT

How many times would you guestimate it's been sharpened?
I'd assumed, perhaps wrongly, these OEM blades would only be good for 2 or 3 times at best.

We've been running the saw since 2016, blades get swapped out and sent for sharpening every 3 months or so, it's probably at the end of it's life now but it's definitely had more than 2 or 3 shapenings, photo below of what's left of the teeth after it's last sharpening.

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Saw Sharpening | Tool Sharpening | Combined Saw and Knife is where I get most of my saw blades. They will even grind it to your specs. Mind you, they are only a 15 minute drive from my place, so its only a short trip to get saw blades repaired and/or re-sharpened.

I even get value out of them for saw blades for building work.