New Delta TS blade

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FWIW, a buddy and I went to the Woodworker's Show in Columbus a few weeks ago and he bought a new saw blade that nearly rivals my Forrest WWII. Delta was demonstrating this new blade and it was pretty impressive. The rep put it through the same paces that the Forrest folks do and the blade functioned pretty much the same. No heat, no blade marks, no need for jointing. All for less than half of my Woodworker II ($39 show price) and it doesn't need a stabilizer (kerf isn't quite as thin as the WWII, but it's close). Could be all sales hype, but the rep said the basic difference between the two was that Delta only polishes their carbide to 600 grit, while Forrest goes to 800. At any rate, my buddy LOVES his new blade and has let me know several times already. Just thought some of you might be interested. The particulars for the blade are as follows: Part # 35-7640, 50 tooth, 15 degree hook angle.
 
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That sound like the blade me and my brother picked up at last years woodworking show in Atlanta. They were cutting 1/16" strips and smaller with no marks. They also would stop the piece and let it sit there against the blade with minimal heat. A great blade for the price.
Andy
 
...a couple of years ago I went to a woodworking show and also saw a demo on a blade. In this show it was a set of 3 blades. The cuts this gentleman was making on a table-top saw (no visible brand for the saw...and I looked hard) were veneer thin and, although I would never do what we was doing, he was efortlessly pushing the wood through the blade using only one finger. The saw he was using did not have the anti kick back thingys and quite frankly with how little resistance he was getting it did not seem like he even needed them. Being a skeptic I asked to to see the slivers he was cutting and upon inspection they were in fact flawless, almost seemed sanded on both sides. So, I bought the set put them (one at a time of course) on my saws AND DID NOT get the same results. I have 2 saws and got very similar results on both saws. And they did not look anything near what this gentleman was getting. Now, it was still a good set and made decent cuts BUT nowhere near the cuts the Demo guy was getting. Why? I do not know, all I can guess it that it was not only the blade but the combination of the blade and saw he was using that produced these extraordinary cuts. It's like using a high quality router bit on a low end router; you always end up with crappy cuts. Having said this I cannot fault the blades for any shortfalls my table saws may have but when I bought the blades I EXPECTED to get as good a cut as he was getting. I guess my point is that you have to look at how the saw and blade will work together to produce a cut, if both are not synchronized (not ure how you would synchronize this) your results will be different from the demo. I am still using those blades, by the way, and they cut well but NOT LIKE THE DEMO.
 
I looked at the new delta blades and they looked okay. I will stick with my Forrest WWII and Chopmasters. I use a Freud Glueline rip for ripping thick stock, and WWII for everything else. The Forrest blades have meaty teeth and I have had my WWII TK sharpened 3 times by Forrest in the almost 7 years I have had it, and it still has plenty of carbide left. I do a lot of flatwork using IPE, Red Oak and Jatoba, and some teak. I have tried other blades like Pacific (very good for the price), systimatic, and Freud (professional grade, not the ones at big box stores). They are all very good and cut well, but for the money, I get the best value out of the Forrest blades. Just my opinion FWIW. I use a pacific for general purpose when my WWII needs to be sharpened.

Just my .02
Dave
 
Originally posted by wdcav1952

Originally posted by GBusardo

How thick billy?
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Billy is real thick, but it is a bit rude to ask! [:0];)
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The wood Billy, I meant the wood!!! [:I] :D
I would think that you could probably get away with 1/2 inch or maybe even 3/4 stock, but over that it would be pushing it. I know I might be biased, but I cannot imagine Delta (or anyone else) making a real good blade for that price. I don't know what happened, but the Delta name does not carry the weight with me that it once did.
 
The demo at the show I was at was on a Delta X??(don't remember the exact number, X5 I think). We put ours on a Rigid and it works fantastic. We cut 8/4 stock with no problems.
Andy
 
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