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Post by Tony W on Apr 12, 2008 23:40:54 GMT -5
Anyone had a HotDog blow up on them? I had one of the sections blow out and it scared the heck out of me. I got another but I don't use it like I should 'cause it makes me nervous. I keep going back to my thicker blade because it doesn't have those sections in it.
It didn't hurt me ... I've bogged down blades before and had chunks of rock break off, etc., and never had my hand drawn into the blade... so it is no biggie, but seeing that jagged part going by as the spin wound down when I cut the power had me shaking. I mean my thumbs were, and always are close to that blade. T
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Post by Bikerrandy on Apr 13, 2008 7:10:55 GMT -5
Wow. I used one Hotdog blade but never had it blow up. To be honest, I didn't really see any advantage in spending the extra money, the cheap blades seem to work just as well so I went back to those.
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L.L.
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by L.L. on Apr 13, 2008 11:48:48 GMT -5
That sounds bad. Since I take so many meds and the brain is usually a bit foggy I don't touch my wood working saws anymore, but considered the diamond saw fairly safe even if the blade hits skin. I definitely won't try one of those.
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turquoiselover
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Post by turquoiselover on Apr 13, 2008 17:01:49 GMT -5
I've used the blade that came with the WF, the slotted blade called a "diamond" from Home Depot, that had little diamond shapes cut out of it, and I bought a hot dog blade about a month ago from Home Depot. I haven't had any probs with the blades, but the saw itself was seized up Friday when I brought it out of the shed. Blade wouldn't turn at all, machine wouldn't turn on at all.
Had my hubby look at it, and he scratched his head a while, and packed it up and took it back to Home Depot. We just bought it in Feb, with our income tax return. Home Depot gave me a new saw. I looked all over the English portion of the owner's manual and didn't see any place to lube the thing at all, so I don't know what went wrong, but Home Depot didn't care. I didn't even have my receipt.
Take it back to HD. Maybe the blade was defective - but don't be afraid to try again.
Turq
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RockAHOLIC
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Post by RockAHOLIC on Apr 14, 2008 1:03:51 GMT -5
I've sawed into slabs approx. 15 large rocks with mine and the hot dog is still going strong . Mind you I take my time and let the blade do the work and not bog down the machine by applying toooo much pressure . Maybe you got a factory defective blade that made it through MK's quality control protocol  >>> Anyway Thanks for info/heads up . This "Newbie" here will be even more careful , perform frequent visual blade inspections and wear EYE PROTECTION !!! |
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Post by rallyrocks on Apr 14, 2008 10:14:28 GMT -5
I wore one hot dog out and am about 3/4 of the way through my second one, pretty scary to hear of one breaking up- can you tell us any more about the circumstances of the failure? what were you cutting? did anything else out of the ordinary happen on that particular cut or some time before it?
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Post by akansan on Apr 14, 2008 10:59:02 GMT -5
Didn't Puppie (or someone else from Missouri) have something similar happen to her? I've never had the luck of finding the Hot Dogs at any of the Home Depots I've visited, but am currently using the Rigid version just fine.
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turquoiselover
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Post by turquoiselover on Apr 17, 2008 18:33:15 GMT -5
My hubby works at Home Depot, Akansan, and I bought my saw and a replacement Rigid blade there before he noticed that they sell the MK hot dog blades in the "tool rental" area. You might try looking there at your HD. He never knew they were even there, but "tools" aren't his official dept. I don't see any difference between the Rigid version (with the diamond cut-outs) and the MK. Not that much diff in price, either.
Turq
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Post by Tony W on Apr 18, 2008 0:42:35 GMT -5
Hey, Rally! No, I wasn't doing anything I don't do all the time with the Work Force blade. Once I got over being impatient in the beginning, I got used to taking my time and not being too rough, or twisting, etc. It was a good while back so I don't remember what I was cutting, but by then I had cut hundreds of rocks so I knew what I was doing. It was probably just a bad blade, but ya'll be careful out there  T |
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Post by catmandewe on Apr 18, 2008 9:14:50 GMT -5
I tried a hot dog blade in my tile saw and was pretty disappointed with it. It cut very fast at first but wore out in less than a day, (the previous blade had been on there for over a year). I was cutting tile and not rocks and one side of the blade wore off while the other one didn't which caused the cuts to start curving.
Tony
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Post by deb193redux on Apr 18, 2008 10:24:28 GMT -5
I've dinged blades, and once bent a section on a 10" HotDog when some AZ pet wood broke in the vise.
Tony, what brand lasted for a year. Were you cutting rocks for a year?
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Post by catmandewe on Apr 19, 2008 0:10:13 GMT -5
Daniel,
it was an MK blade, I think a 297, it cut some rock but mostly tile, probably made about 5,000 tile cuts and I dont know how many rock cuts a few hundred probably, but it was getting slow. If you use water in your tile saws, put some dawn dishwashing soap in the water and it will extend the life of your blade.
Tony
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>>> Anyway Thanks for info/heads up . This "Newbie" here will be even more careful , perform frequent visual blade inspections and wear EYE PROTECTION !!! 
T
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