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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2010 14:28:39 GMT -5
Hi all,
Dennis and I have a couple of questions about blades.
We are running our 10" Lortone slab saw every day for 8 hours a day. When I bought it a few years ago, it came with 2 blades. One used and one brand new, both Star Diamonds which according to catman, are excellent.
When it comes time to buy blades, we are wondering how wide of a kerf on the blade we need for cutting mainly agates and jaspers. Mel mentioned liking the MK 303 which comes in a .032, .050 and .060. Just not sure which one would give us the most for our money. We are hoping for something decent at a decent price so if anyone has any blade brand suggestions, please let us know.
Also, we have plenty of Obsidian to run through the saw to expose new diamonds on the blade but arent sure how often we "should" be doing this. We've been running the same blade every day for the last month and its still cutting well with no issues. Do we wait until its not before we run some obsidian through it or should we do it on a more regular basis?
Thank all!
Shannon
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Post by catmandewe on Feb 14, 2010 14:47:37 GMT -5
Hey Shannon, About every 5th to 8th rock I slice up a whole chunk of obsidian, (except for one blade that seems to dull more often, then I do it every 4th or 5th rock). I have not had to do any dressing at all since I have started doing this.
When I was in Quartzsite I got a pile of cheap chinese blades that seem to work pretty well if you want to try one out let me know, I have abused one pretty hard and it is still doing pretty well. They don't seem to work too well on hand fed saws, but on auto feed saws they last quite a while.
Have a great day............Tony
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2010 14:53:52 GMT -5
Thanks for the info Tony! We might give you a holler when this second blade goes and try out one of the cheapies from you. Heck, by then it should be about time for us to head on over your way and we could just pick one up. Shan
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Post by fishenman on Feb 14, 2010 15:07:55 GMT -5
I ran a .032 303 blade in my 10" saw and I loved it. I came out a few times to see the blade forced to the edge of the slot in the table, grinding some of it off. One time I thought it was going to burst into flames, it was smoking so much. For my saw, it's too thin for slabbing. It did last for two years. I just got a replacement 303 but this time I went with .040 thickness.
Geoff
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Post by Woodyrock on Feb 15, 2010 3:31:53 GMT -5
Shannon: The best bang for your bucks for a ten inch saw is the ten inch MK Hotdog tile blade........buy them one line from Home Depot...they are about half of list price. The big box store does not carry them, you have to order on-line. The Hotdogs last about twice what the MK 303 does.
BTW, the shipping is the same for either one, or two blades. Woody
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Post by johnjsgems on Feb 15, 2010 11:42:30 GMT -5
.040" is the best choice with power feed. Less likely to dish/deflect than the .032".
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Post by deb193redux on Feb 15, 2010 14:24:39 GMT -5
I agree at least .040 to avoid bending. Unless you are cutting exensive material, I would even do .050, but not as important ina slab-only 10" saw. FOr my slab/trim where I hand feed, I like the .050.
I agree with Woody about the HotDog. I am running it in my 10" Lortone salb saw I got when you got yours. It does well an is available for $29 from homedepot.com
The face is not as smooth as the cut with a 303, but this is only an issue if you are going to polish the slab.
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