I wont some new Blades,

[minowevie]

Hi Blade makers. I wont a new blade. one that when it breaks, I can turn it around and keep cutting. alot of times, my blade breaks at the clamp. on my saw, the bottom. no matter, I just clamp it down again, and redo the tention. that way I can cut alittle more. but what I hate is, there is so much more blade left. there is revers tooth blades. but only on the bottom. and only the part in the wood is being used. is there some way , that you could make the blade to turn around?? and keep cutting on the top part. ??Ok say I didn't break a blade, but it is dull. wouldn't it be great, to just turn it around, and keep cutting. I know the burr would be on the other side, but I could handale it. and I know there is a crown tooth. but I would like a blade, that is a skip tooth. or pgt. with a revers on the other side. I bet if you put your heads together, you could come up with something. I just hate trowing those blades away, when there is so much use on the other side. , do I make any sence here. your friend Evie ps. I bet even spirales would benafit here. just rap 2 blades, with the teeth pointing away from the center to the clamping points.

[lucky788scroller]

Try the two way cut blades Evie. It takes a little personal adjusting to get used to the blade tracking the opposite way, but it cuts fine, Ive done it many times. I also have a sample of a new style blade I need to try out, I will try that one out upside down as well.
My idea of a new blade is a continuous blade, maybe 20 feet long on a spool. mount the spool on the saw and pull it out until it reaches the clamp and cut. when its dull or breaks, pull it out and reattach it a little farther up. If you just dulled it and not broke it, you could get a lot of mileage out of a 20 foot section of blade by just readjusting it to a fresh set of teeth when it gets dull. Dale

[minowevie]

Originally Posted by lucky788scroller

Try the two way cut blades Evie. It takes a little personal adjusting to get used to the blade tracking the opposite way, but it cuts fine, Ive done it many times. I also have a sample of a new style blade I need to try out, I will try that one out upside down as well.
My idea of a new blade is a continuous blade, maybe 20 feet long on a spool. mount the spool on the saw and pull it out until it reaches the clamp and cut. when its dull or breaks, pull it out and reattach it a little farther up. If you just dulled it and not broke it, you could get a lot of mileage out of a 20 foot section of blade by just readjusting it to a fresh set of teeth when it gets dull. Dale

Dale looks like you have been thinking along the same lines as me. but one of the things about a spool would be the clamping thing. that is a problem for sure. for it does clamp. and makes a indension. my saw has a bearing on the end of the clamp. so when I clamp down, it doesn't twist into the blade. causing a bend so to speek. I think we are on to someting little brother. we just have to think it through.
shazamm, yaaa. your friend Evie

[NMScroller]

I have a minor solution I've been using. I have a couple pieces of 3/4" melamine that I cut to a rough shape of the table. I'm improving upon them with a zero clearance insert and a wider hole for the blade. When my bottom part of the blade burns out I simply stack a piece on top of the table and clamp it down. Now I have a section of the blade I can use. It works a couple of times, but I run out of room obviously towards the blade clamp. Working well so far.

[minowevie]

NOw thats a thought, raise your table. thank you
NMscroller. thats to easy, why didn't I think of that.
that would work great on thiner things. I have heard of making the table bigger with plexie glass, but raising it up with some tabs or something, that would work too. cool. your friend Evie

[3_M]

Dale,

Send me a picture about that 20 feet blade. I could send it to the company in Germany, maybe they could make some like that. Hope to hear soon from you about the new blades. Just talked to Evie and I am sending her some tomorrow.

Mike

[JohnB]

I have a similar set up.
I cut a piece of 19mm melamine slightly larger than the saw table and drilled a hole where the blade goes.
I then placed a piece of 12mm MDF on the table and drew around the table so that I could cut the shape out of the centre. Glued and nailed this piece (the outside ring) to the bottom of the melamine and I have an instant raised table that does not move.
It doubles the life of the blades (When cutting less than 19mm and also adds some when cutting thicker.

[lucky788scroller]

I will do that Mike, its worth a try. Dale

[Kevin12]

Oh, I do like the idea of a "continuous" blade. If it were made, there could be third-party gadgets to hold the spool - maybe even a take-up spool. Maybe a different kind of blade holder. Perhaps some kind of dial to simply advance the blade when it gets dull. That'd be great for those of us with favorite blades - Jeff's #9's, I like #2s. I'd be up for helping test prototypes.

Cool idea.

[Mick Walker]

Just my 2¢ worth. I would guess the blade makers don't want to make a blade that will last a long time. That's how they make a living, selling blades. Would be nice to have a blade that would last longer though. I would like to have a car that would run forever on a tank of gas. I don't mind buying blades but it sure irks me that someone is getting very,very rich off of those of us that drive automobiles or trucks.