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- From: wack@ariel.ncsl.nist.gov (John Wack)
- Newsgroups: rec.woodworking
- Subject: Re: Name your favorite blade
- Message-ID: <8233@dove.nist.gov>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 21:48:13 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.155934.4987@ttinews.tti.com> <1993Jan22.180121.16097@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
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- Organization: National Institute of Standards & Technology
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- In article <1993Jan22.180121.16097@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> apoyner@as.arizona.edu writes:
- >In article 4987@ttinews.tti.com, bellas@soldev.TTI.COM (Pete Bellas) writes:
- >>I was actually intending to get the Freud but needed the blade in a hurry
- >>(like today) and the only one available locally was a Pirahna. The cuts
- >>on my table saw (with the 50 combo) are smooth as glass so I have no
- >>complaints, perhaps I just got lucky.
- >>
- >
- >I think you got lucky. I already had this blade when I bought my contractor's
- >saw, so I thought I was fixed up. Wrong. I was most disappointed in the
- >quality of the cut. I eventually bought a Forrest and the delight in the
- >quality is finally obscuring the pain of the price (like childbirth? :-)
- >
-
- I've got both blades. The Pirahna's cut was great at first, but seemed
- to dull much quicker than the Freud combo - using the same material, etc.
- I think the Freud combo is a pretty good blade and seems more stiff than
- the Pirahna. I've had both resharpened mail-order at WoodCraft and the
- Pirahna cuts pretty well, but the Freud still seems to slide through the
- wood better. My local woodshop's owners recommend the Freud and advise
- against the Oldham (sp?) blades, based on customer comments.
-
- -John Wack
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