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What to do with the Forrest WWII that came with my table saw purchase?

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Obviously, use it right? Well, I bought a PM66 TS for a song, and it came with this ridiculously gunked up Forrest WWII blade (thin kerf.) It's completely useless but since it's a quality blade, I'm sure it's worth cleaning and up and sharpening right? Guess I should be calling Forrest or a blade sharpener but thought I'd throw this question at you guys too. Havent looked into what it would cost to restore, resharpen…

Just a budding woodworker myself and I'm using Diablo blades, which to my inexperienced self, work great. No burns with the rip, crosscut and combo blades (assuming I use the right one that is.)

Mostly, I've been resawing and ripping reclaimed old growth fir.
 
#3 ·
Clean it up and have it resharpened. I have had much better luck with Dynamic Saw than Forrest and they are cheaper by a good amount. The other saw shop I like better than Forrest is Cooks, it is in Texas and they have a free sharpening coupon on their site for first time customers cookssharpening.com I think.
 
#5 ·
Thanks all. Suppose it wouldnt hurt just cleaning it first and seeing how it cuts. Oven cleaner huh? Nasty stuff but thats a great option.

Does old softwood like fir lose pitch, or lets say, gunkability, the older it gets? I've got this stuff thats close to 100yrs old and just curious what to expect over time.

I'll check out that free sharpening coupon and service. Must be someone local too so I'll try google.
 
#13 ·
You can't beat a Forrest blade for great cutting, but the folks at Forrest are great too. They give excellent customer service and do a great job resharpening my Forrest blades. I ship them the blade (40tooth WWII) with my cc info and they return it, all for about $25. Replacing teeth is extra. The one time I had a problem, I called and spoke with one of the owners. It is a family owned American company that make an excellent product and back it up. Send it to them, use it and you will be amazed at how the cut is superior to a Diablo blade. I own three and the 8" dado set and would use nothing else. But if you are ripping a lot of lumber, consider a dedicated ripping blade too. A 28 tooth large gullet rip blade is far superior to a combination blade for a lot of ripping. The wwII works fine for small amounts of everyday ripping.
 
#15 ·
Check for a local sharpening service, ours is $10-15 and they sharpen most anything… round blades, hand saw blades, router bits, etc. Call a good sized local printer and just ask who sharpens their cutter blades.
 
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