Which saw blade to choose, expensive or cheap. The discs I have worked with.

There used to be a hardware store with a good range not far from my house. I often took fasteners, consumables, tools there. I also took Praktika saw blades there for my circular.

Now this store has moved to the other end of the city and it has become inconvenient to get to it, so I go to other stores for consumables.

I have a manual circular: Makita 5704, installed in the table.

It has been serving for over 8 years.

By the way, about my universal workplace, which I use, you can look here. You will also find drawings there.

So these "Praktika" disks are quite inexpensive, serve for a long time, cope well with both pine and oak, and give a fairly clean surface.

For several years I have worked only with these disks.

About a year ago, I took plywood from Leroy Merlin and I caught sight of the "Spec" disc. Inexpensive, fits my saw. And I decided to take it.

Right after installation, he sawed tight. It was necessary to make an effort to guide the pine board and burns remained.

I had enough patience for three boards, after which I took it off and put on the old "Practice".

After reading the reviews about this disk, they turned out to be contradictory: someone came across a disk that works great, and someone, like me, immediately does not work. Bad luck.

Last summer I decided to take an expensive CMT disc (orange series). I read a lot of good reviews about these discs and I needed a thin one with a clean cut.

Overall, I liked the sawing result with this blade. Now I continue to actively use it for finishing cuts.

The cutting thickness of this disc is 1.7 mm and I also use it for cutting small chocks of fruit trees into bars and planks, I use them for crafts. An example of such use can be look here.

A week ago I decided to try another inexpensive saw blade for rough cuts.

The truth on my saw was only this: 48 teeth, which is more for a clean cut. This disc turned out to have a fairly large kerf thickness. I measured the soldering - 2.4 mm, for the "Practice" disks the maximum was 2.2 mm.

I have not met any reviews for these discs. And the disk turned out to be a worker, sawing plywood, pine, oak with it. The result was fine. Saws 50 mm oak without much effort. Works like clockwork on pine.

I put a short pine block on the gluing of a small shield immediately after the saw, it turned out as if it was jointed.

As a conclusion ...

The choice of a saw blade largely depends on the application.

Disks of famous brands (CMT) are worth buying at least once... if only because of the brand.

Saw blades, which have been on the market for a long time and have been proven by practice - "Practice" - a fairly practical choice. :)

Relatively new brands need to be tested and can be quite good quality. The same "Whirlwind" at the initial stage of use is quite a good saw blade. How long-playing it is, time will tell.

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Alexander.

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