Purchased this blade to cut some aluminum deck railing. Was afraid that I was going to have to cut with a hacksaw. My buddy recommended an aluminum cutting blade (which I had never heard of) for my compound miter saw. I also bought blade lube/wax as recommended. I was leary about cutting expensive railing this way. This blade cut like butter with smooth, precise cuts. It made the job easy, almost pleasurable. Glad that I used it.
I have no idea why anyone would pay more than you would pay for this set. I had this exact set for years, it cuts very smooth bottom dados. I really like the full size chippers, and I’ve always been able to get the exact width that I need. I really don’t know why anyone would pay $100 more or $150 more just to cut smooth dados, I’m not thinking that the carbide tip blades in the $250 sets are going to last one minute longer than the carbide tips in this set. Due to circumstances beyond my control, I had to buy a new set, I did look around before purchasing this brand, and found no reason to buy anything different. Get it and you’ll be happy with it.
I was very pleased to find this product being offered on AMAZON. I received the blades very quickly and at a great price. I was concerned about whether the blades would fit and be of good quality. I found out I had not needed to have worried about either account.
We bought this for removing a breezeway between two buildings. We had to cut walls and the shingled roof, and then removed pieces with an excavator. This made the job pretty easy.
This blade is really heavy, and takes a bit ti spin it in the saw, but once it gets going, will cut through anything without issue. Cutting with it is pretty easy, if you can handle the hefty weight, otherwise it’s easy to control.
Only downside was that it was definitely getting dull towards the end of the job. We had it sharpened, but haven’t used it since, so we’ll see if it’s still usable or not.
I was extremely skeptical about using my Festool track saw to cut aluminum sheets. I was afraid aluminum would somehow wreck the saw and the track. I was wrong it works great. Perfectly straight cuts with very little burring. It did no damage to my saw or track, not even to the sacrificial nylon strip on the track. I used this blade to cut up two 4X10 sheets of .125″ aluminum without a problem. I did not notice a decrease in performance at any point and the blade still appears to be razor sharp. Although I cannot compare it directly to Festool’s version my opinion is that it would probably hold hold up just as well while at a fraction of the price.
I used this dado set just to check out the cut, I can’t believe how fine of a cut this set makes. I cut a 1/4″ tongue/groove to see the fit. No gaps, spaces and as smooth as glass. Then I cut just cut a whisper off to make a sliding tonque/groove, again, unbelievably smooth. This would make excellent drawer slides. I can’t believe that a $150-$300 set could cut any better. A great bargain for $.
Purchased to use in Wood! Why? The 1″ bore.
To explain, we have a 12″ “Original Saw Company” Radial arm saw in the shop. The 12″ blades we have tend to be deafeningly loud, the outer rim speed is so high.
To combat this, we use 10″ blades thus reducing the outer rim speed a good deal. This was easy to do with my old Delta R.A.S. that had the arbor more common in 10″ blades ( 5/8″ ) .
Since upgrading to the “Original” with the 1″ Arbor (proper for 12″ blades) I have had a very hard time finding any non custom made 10″ blades with 1″ arbor,.. until this one.
It makes very clean cross cuts in pine and hard woods. No tear out, super smooth.
And it is Soooooo quiet in the big R.A.S. we can no longer hear it over the dust collection.
I was cutting 1:4 inch fiberglass panels and it performed very well cut as expected and was smooth. Checked after cutting and teeth was sharp
A very good quality substitute at a much better price than the overpriced dremel blades that I was forced to use
I have had an old Makita Beam saw for years and years….this is the best blade I have used….Now it is also the first carbide tipped blade, but it sure works well. I am sawing PT fir lumber for retaining wall lagging; lots of it…..I am happy.