Blades....

[dgman]

It's never to late Bill! Just adds to the confusion!

[Bill P]

Then my job here is done.   

Bill

[chief]

I buy my blades at Home Depot and sometimes you can get 2 for 1 in a package.  They are 10" carbide tipped.  They are not as good as the Diablo blades, but 2 for 1 make it up.  Use a zero clearance insert and make sure your fence is parallel to the blade and the miter is square.  When I start a new project that will require a lot of table saw cuts I triple check my TS alignments and make sure everything is perfect.  1/64" will add up after numerous cuts.  The time spent calibrating your saw will be worth it in the long run.  I havent sharpened a blade in years.  A blade will appear dull a lot of times when it is really just dirty with pitch build up.
The easy way to clean a blade is get the lid from a 5 gallon plastic bucket and pour in some cleaner.  You can use water and baking soda, 1qt water 1C baking soda and soak the blade for 2 hours and then clean it up with a brass bristle brush.  Dry the blade thouroughly and spray with DW-40 and then wipe clean to prevent rust.  I use a cleaner called Lestoil you can get at Ace and it works after just a few minutes of soaking.  You can reuse the Lestoil so it will last a long time for the $7 investment.

[BilltheDiver]

A little off the subject GB, but it might be an idea for you.  You mentioned the baseball team.  I used to know a guy who made a deal with the local team/stadium and got all the broken bats for free.  He would rip the bats in half on his tablesaw, install cup pegs on them and sell them as coat racks.  He also sold wooden racks to hold a baseball and a bat through the stadium.  The only tools in his shop were a tablesaw, a drill press, and a stationary belt sander but he stayed pretty busy in retirement.  Maybe you could work something out there.

[GrayBeard]

Great Ideas...will be meeting with team rep next week and feel them out!

Thanks

~~~GB~~~

[dgman]

Great Ideas...will be meeting with team rep next week and feel them out!

Thanks

~~~GB~~~

I hope it's a woman!

[Bill P]

And that's why Dan is a hero member!   

Bill

[GrayBeard]

She is ALL woman and a real looker...Lindsey is also a former all star college softball player with 'great hands'!

~~~GB~~~

[Rapid Roger]

Hey chief,
I clean my table saw blades with Windex, an old tooth brush and paper towels. I wipe them down with a light machine oil on a paper towel to prevent rust. It takes me about ten minutes to clean the pitch off of a 60t blade and she's ready to go!

Rog

[SD Scroller]

Personally i use whatever blade is on the table saw. 

[newtoscroll]

thanks for the idea of cleaning the blades for the table saw.  When cutting common pine it is not hard on the saw but with hard woods especially ebony, the blade can take a toll. 

[tinker1]

Information when deciding which blade to use:
http://www.woodcraft.com/Articles/Articles.aspx?articleid=691

Tink

[Jim Finn]

The only cut I ever make on my table saw is rip cut... so I have a 40 tooth ripping blade.  I do all my crosscuts on my 12" sliding miter saw and re-saw with my band saw.

[joey65746]

Freud the hole way in my shop they are awsome  they are thin kerf  there is realy not one blade that can do it all but most of yhr time i have a 80 or more tooth 

[BilltheDiver]

I use a 60 in the table saw and a 80 in the Radial arm and get them both professionally sharpened whenever they don't feel new.  $10 to sharpen a 10" carbide blade is a great investment in my book.