Chop saw blades

CrustyJeep · Sep 13, 2006

This is on PBB too, but does anyone use one of these blades on steel in a standard abrasive chop saw?

http://www.amazon.com/MK-Morse-CSM1.../ref=sr_1_27/103-2760826-6543040?ie=UTF8&s=hi

pokey · Sep 13, 2006

you can buy a lot of abrasive blades for that

I have used such blades in the past and I prefer abrasive for their predictibility and the fact that you can use the side as a grinder after the cut. The upside of the toothed blade is they cut aluminum nice.

CrustyJeep · Sep 13, 2006

pokey said:
I have used such blades in the past and I prefer abrasive for their predictibility

Eh? What? I was assuming these blades would cut straighter than abrasive, due to their rigidity... I mean they couldn't cut much more crooked... What do you mean by "predictibility"?

And how about noise? I'm thinking these things are loud as fawk?

pokey · Sep 13, 2006

CrustyJeep said:
Eh? What? I was assuming these blades would cut straighter than abrasive, due to their rigidity... I mean they couldn't cut much more crooked... What do you mean by "predictibility"?

And how about noise? I'm thinking these things are loud as fawk?

Think about how those teeth would and do grab

better have a damn good grip on your material and yes their loud.

CrustyJeep · Sep 13, 2006

pokey said:
Think about how those teeth would and do grab

I was worried about that too, actually... Had it happen then? Did the blade explode or get destroyed or whatever? Sounds... Scary!

Wait, you didn't think I was talking about using it in a wood cutting chop saw did you (hence the comment about holding onto the material tight)? I'd be putting it on a METAL chop saw........

TB-F · Sep 13, 2006

If you put one of those in a chop saw desined to use abrasive disks it will last for maby 2 cuts. The dry cut saws that those are desined for spin at about half the RPM of a abrasive chop saw, carbide would fly. They cut great, in the right saw. Yes they are loud and you have to clamp the material tightley, but so what? That's why the clamps there and they make these things called "ear plugs" the blade does still deflect, but not as bad as abrasive blades do. For a home shop/garage I would say abrasive is beter

Binder · Sep 13, 2006

I've never tried one but I don't think I want to. I always just hold the work piece. I don't know how many times I've got my hand with the abrasive blade, If I did this with a toothed blade I would look like Crusty by now.:redneck:

skrause · Sep 13, 2006

Looks similar to what's in my Dewalt saw. Cuts thin wall stuff like butter but you gotta be careful on thicker stuff because it's easy to overheat the carbides. Best part, NO SPARKS OR DUST. I'll take that over a teensy little bit more noise any day. The only thing better is a cold saw...

skrause · Sep 13, 2006

Here it is

Richard · Sep 13, 2006

abrasive blades only cost me $5.00 for a 3 pack , I used them in my circular saw

CrustyJeep · Sep 13, 2006

Richard said:
abrasive blades only cost me $5.00 for a 3 pack

Cheap, for sure. But they don't cut very straight. Sometimes you really want a square cut, and I don't really have room for a band saw.

Now, the reason I posted this, is that I *think* those blades are actually designed to run at the higher abrasive type speeds. There is a new Lenox blade that IS designed for the higher speed, but it's pretty spendy... Hmm I just realized, I didn't exactly verify the speed thing, but anyway...

http://www.lenoxsaw.com/circsaw.htm

Jaydog · Sep 13, 2006

I used to use these for ductile iron
http://www.premiumblade.com/Scripts/prodview.asp?idProduct=795

And liked them a lot better than the abrasive blades, we had them in a stihl cut-off saw, not in a chop saw.

CrustyJeep · Sep 13, 2006

Fawk, never mind, those are normal cold blades, low RPM

Discovered on PBB too. I suck.

CrustyJeep · Sep 13, 2006

Binder said:
If I did this with a toothed blade I would look like Crusty by now.:redneck:

Naw, you just can't get these kind of good looks from playing with a chop saw :flipoff:

Toyotanut · Sep 30, 2006

Dewalt makes a low rpm chop saw that uses the steel blades. Looked at one at Centeral Welding a few weeks back. They said they are well worth the investment if you are doing a ton of fab. May not necessarily be needed for at home use, especially if you have people using/borrowing your tools since the blades are not cheap

skrause · Sep 30, 2006

Toyotanut said:
Dewalt makes a low rpm chop saw that uses the steel blades. Looked at one at Centeral Welding a few weeks back. They said they are well worth the investment if you are doing a ton of fab. May not necessarily be needed for at home use, especially if you have people using/borrowing your tools since the blades are not cheap

Uh, dude..... I linked to it above. :flipoff: .....er, oops, I linked the blade. my bad. Here it is.

http://www.dewalt.com/us/products/tool_detail.asp?productID=159

Mine needs a new blade finally though, it's miffing a few teefh now and most of the carbides are shot. :wtf: :haha: :haha: