BUTW: green blade A-OK

jerryb
spending too much on rocks

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BUTW: green blade A-OK Sept 21, 2006 19:30:39 GMT -5

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Post by jerryb on Sept 21, 2006 19:30:39 GMT -5

i bought a green blade from lapidary-rock-saw-blade.com, who uses eBay name BUTW. the blade works great based upon my limited experience. for the price i am very happy.

the store is run by a father and son, father is the rockhound and when i talked with him he tried to talk my ear off (like any rockhound, lol), and he gave me some real good advice on which blade and how to improve my cutting. I did talk to the son and he is just a guy who sells blades but he is friendly and helpful.

the only down side is they are a little slow to ship, but they charge actual shipping cost and they use the least costly shipping method unless you tell them otherwise.

i will buy from them again. i think they are worth a look if you need a blade.

jerry

earthdog Cave Dweller Don't eat yellow snow Member since June 2006 Posts: 2,731	BUTW: green blade A-OK Sept 21, 2006 21:23:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by earthdog on Sept 21, 2006 21:23:30 GMT -5 I bought that same green blade for my 10" and it worked well. I also bought a 10" mk hotdog blade on ebay for the same price and that blade is working nicer...

stoner
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BUTW: green blade A-OK Sept 21, 2006 22:55:28 GMT -5

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Post by stoner on Sept 21, 2006 22:55:28 GMT -5

Hey Jerry, you didn't say what size blade you bought, but I made the mistake of buying one of those green import blades for my 18" saw and it was taking forever to through my rocks, mostly agates and jaspers. I tried cutting into a grinding wheel, reversing the blade and nothing worked. I think it was $139 and not worth every penny of it.

jerryb
spending too much on rocks

Member since January 2006
Posts: 408

BUTW: green blade A-OK Sept 22, 2006 6:07:45 GMT -5

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Post by jerryb on Sept 22, 2006 6:07:45 GMT -5

mine is a 10 inch, i was having very slow cutting on anything hard with my old blade. with this blade i am cutting 5-10 times faster. for example i had a piece of very hard pet wood that i cut on for two hours and was only 1/3 through so i took it off the saw, with the new blade i put that it and cut through it in ~15 minutes. huge improvement for me.

last night i cut some good sized slabs of agate/jasper mix of aobut 1.5"x4" in ~20 minutes. so its good for me.

Edog i saw some hot dog blades for just a little more from another vendor and was going to grab one until i talked with the father at BUTW. he was really helpful and assured me that i would be satisfied or he would take care of me. i may try a hot dog in the future, but for now the Greenie!

cheers
jerry

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