darstcreek77
has rocks in the head
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Post by darstcreek77 on Oct 31, 2013 7:54:19 GMT -5
looking to buy a new blade has any body used the Covington gold blade ? good //// bad ?
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Post by roy on Oct 31, 2013 9:01:10 GMT -5
i have didnt much like it my self i got one from tony a while back it seem s to be a good blade for the price
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Post by johnjsgems on Oct 31, 2013 10:19:05 GMT -5
I have not used a Covington Gold blade myself but have sold replacement BD/MK blades to Covington new saw owners. Typical lifespan was 3-6 months. Covington brought out the "Gold" (typical Chinese crimp rim)blades a few years ago. First year all their saws came with Gold blades. Next year Gold was standard and MK was an option for a higher price. Following year every saw above 10" had the MK only. Tells me something. Gold blades cost about 1/2 the MK price. Price and value are sometimes not the same.
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 31, 2013 10:36:26 GMT -5
Go with the BD/MK blade. My 16" Covington came with their gold blade. The blade was junk right from the start. The blade won't keep up with the speed of the power feed and continually bound up in the cut. I bought a new BD 303 S from John a few years ago, and have no problems since. The large BD/MK blades are very smooth cutting and fast.
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LarryS
freely admits to licking rocks
SoCal desert rats
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Post by LarryS on Oct 31, 2013 10:52:03 GMT -5
My 10" Covington came with a Gold blade. Yep, total junk. Like Don, switched over to BD 303 & 301's. Gold blades might be good for cutting plywood!
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jollyrockhound
spending too much on rocks
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Post by jollyrockhound on Oct 31, 2013 11:34:07 GMT -5
My two cents worth I use the Kingsley North Chinese blades which are on sale. I know people are against Chinese blades but they have been killer for me slabbed about 40 thunder eggs and 80 to 90 slabs and its still going strong as long as you sharpen it.
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 31, 2013 11:34:44 GMT -5
LOL, Larry, I doubt if they'll cut plywood. They damn sure won't cut obsidian without jamming up in the cut.
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LarryS
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SoCal desert rats
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Post by LarryS on Oct 31, 2013 12:00:57 GMT -5
I threw it into the trash, wasn't even worth keeping as a spare blade.
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Post by catmandewe on Oct 31, 2013 12:18:39 GMT -5
I have an almost new 18" Covington Gold blade you can have if you want to pay the shipping. Worst blade I have ever used. I replaced it with an 18" chinese blade I bought from the aussies in Quartzsite 3 years ago, it is still cutting strong.
Tony
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Oct 31, 2013 22:50:44 GMT -5
Go with the BD/MK blade. My 16" Covington came with their gold blade. The blade was junk right from the start. The blade won't keep up with the speed of the power feed and continually bound up in the cut. I bought a new BD 303 S from John a few years ago, and have no problems since. The large BD/MK blades are very smooth cutting and fast. BD 303 S is the way. That continuos that came w/the 18" Covington was a joke.
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Post by jakesrocks on Oct 31, 2013 23:07:16 GMT -5
Years ago someone made slotted blades all the way down to 10". Best blade I ever had on my 10" saw was one of the old slotted types. Wish someone would start making them again.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Nov 1, 2013 7:37:51 GMT -5
The MK people told me what to speed the 's' blade up to. Those slots must/should pump a lot more oil into the cut. Every thing i cut is big and real hard material and also dirty. They do not need dressing very often either.
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Post by 1dave on Nov 4, 2013 18:27:56 GMT -5
My two cents worth I use the Kingsley North Chinese blades which are on sale. I know people are against Chinese blades but they have been killer for me slabbed about 40 thunder eggs and 80 to 90 slabs and its still going strong as long as you sharpen it. Thundereggs? You sound like my kind of hound! The Geode Kid (Robert Paul Colburn) built a drop arm saw with a plywood base and 2 2X4's hinged together (<) that he dropped his thundereggs into, dropped the blade with a bucket of rocks on the arm. Auto cut off when the arm bottomed out. Lift the arm, remove the halves, drop in the next thunderegg, no wasted time tightening a vice! Dave
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