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Plywood Blade cuts cleanly

Plywood Blade cuts cleanly

536 days ago by HamS | 7 comments »

I installed this blade and made a few test cuts on my saw before starting to cut the birch veneer plywood I am making my laundry cabinets from. I posted three photos: the first the before image of a cut made with my existing general purpose blade in the table saw. The good side was nice and clean but there was significant chipping and tearout of the down side. Picture two is the same piece cut with the new blade. There is a small amount of chipping, but it is much improved. The top side ...

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Clean dados in framing lumber - 1 star off for instructions

Clean dados in framing lumber - 1 star off for instructions

571 days ago by Makai | 6 comments »

Aloha Lumberjocks! This is my first review and my first stacked Dado set. Bought this set for a fencing project with too many cuts for the “move the fence” technique. I visited the local Home Depot, Lowes, Woodcraft, and shopped Amazon. Woodcraft had the Forrest and Freud “dial a dado” sets, but $350 was more than I wanted to spend. I decided to get the Freud SD-208 which had good reviews here on Lumberjocks. Lowes didn’t carry it but Home Depot had somethin...

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Great Thin Kerf Bulk Ripper

Great Thin Kerf Bulk Ripper

1439 days ago by knotscott | 5 comments »

The Freud LU87R010 is a 10” 24 tooth thin kerf (TK) ripping blade that features a red “Permashield” coating for reduced friction and corrosion resistance, laser cut anti-vibration/anti-noise expansion slots, flat top ground teeth (FTG) for efficient material removal, and an aggressive 20 degree hook angle for a fast feed rate. The LU87 is the TK counterpart to the LM72R010, and is part of Freud’s “Industrial” series. Rip blades are designed to make fast ...

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Freud Guide Bushing Adapter Ring installs different than most

Freud Guide Bushing Adapter Ring installs different than most

54 days ago by pintodeluxe | 5 comments »

This is an adapter ring for the Freud FT1700VCE router, and it also fits some other Freud routers. It is a brass ring that allows the stock baseplate to accept standard 1-3/16” P.C. style guide bushings. One of the pictures shows a guide bushing installed, however these are purchased separately. The strange thing about this adapter ring is it has no holes or threads to mount it. Instead, it snaps into a recess in the baseplate, and is retained with the heads of two screws. The scre...

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Butterfly Inlays Made Easy

Butterfly Inlays Made Easy

1523 days ago by knotscott | 4 comments »

Even for a first timer, this inlay kit worked flawlessly as advertised. Using just basic router skills, it couldn’t be much simpler. Put the bit and the guide bushing in the router, trace the template to cut the receiving hole, add the spacer to trace out the inlay with the same template, cut the inlay piece free from the stock, and place it in the complimenting cutout hole. Some sanding may be required to make everything flush, and a practice run is always a good idea. The tip of the ...

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High quality table...Instructions...What Instructions??

High quality table...Instructions...What Instructions??

1173 days ago by Newfounlandwood | 3 comments »

Well guys, I finally broke down and picked up this table and router combo.Specs:-Heavy Duty powder-coated steel stand with rubber feet-Solid MDF table top with a resin 9” x 12” insert and T-slot-Micro adjustable fence-Power and safety switch with 2 outlets -Comes with FT2200 Router-Price: $499 Canadian -Web site:http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?D=973306&Ntt=973306&catalogId=10051&langId=-15&storeId=10051&Dx=mode+matchall...

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Even in a bad saw, it makes great cuts

Even in a bad saw, it makes great cuts

1926 days ago by Tomcat1066 | 2 comments »

When I first used my POS Firestorm circular saw, I had problems with it binding up during rips. Well, I blamed the blade and went to Lowe’s for a replacement. I came across the Freud Avanti blade. Since I didn’t want to switch out blades for different functions, I went for a good combination blade. The blade I picked up isn’t the one in the picture (courtesy of the internet), as mine is a 40T combination blade, but the important thing is the cut. The Avanti blade was ...

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Quality Control issues at Freud

Quality Control issues at Freud

25 days ago by colvinatch | 2 comments »

I recently purchased this dado set at Woodcraft and after making my first dado cut I noticed a ridge in the middle of the cut, as if the chippers were a fraction smaller that the outside blades, I took it back and exchanged it for another, which did exactly the same thing. When I returned to Woodcraft they put it on one of their table saws and got the same result, a noticeably higher ridge in the middle of the dado cut making the bottom uneven. They began pulling all these off their shelves...

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7 1/4" thin kerf blade for your table saw.

7 1/4" thin kerf blade for your table saw.

1276 days ago by duasbata | 1 comment »

Haven’t used a thin kerf blade before so I purchased the 7 1/4” Freud Diablo Demo Demon Circular Saw blade for $15 from Home Depot just to see what all the hype is about thin kerf blades. What a difference and the price is right. Noticed that my saw sounds different and stops faster. There is significantly less dust. The saw feels more powerful when I’m cutting. The kerf is about 1/16” and the wood is ash.The blade stands at 1 3/4” when raised at it’...

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Cuts great, manufacturing issues

Cuts great, manufacturing issues

338 days ago by lumberjoe | 1 comment »

To my suprise, my beautiful wife got me a sizable gift card to Woodcraft for fathers day. She gave it to me on Thursday because she also offered to keep an eye on the kids all weekend so I could spend a lot of time in the shop as she knows how much I enjoy it. Among other things, I picked up the Freud SD208 dado set. I have been meaning to get a dado set for some time, but have been procrastinating. I got that and the Leecraft zero clearance dado insert for my saw (which is awesome), among a ...

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