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klinemar 
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Posted: 05 Oct 2018 at 9:42am |
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I bought a 7 1/4" carbide metal cutting blade for my Skil Saw from Harbor Freight. Used it for the first time today on some channel steel 3/16 thick. Cut through it like a hot knife through butter! No grinding ,hot sparks flying, just like cutting a 2x4 ! Every once in awhile Harbor Freight has a good product !
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 05 Oct 2018 at 4:33pm |
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I will have to look into that.. didn't know they had such a thing for skill saws.
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Posted: 05 Oct 2018 at 6:08pm |
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what was the name on the blade?
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Posted: 05 Oct 2018 at 6:24pm |
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better go back and buy the whole batch of them ! especially if they're on sale. Local store here had 'ultra thin' 4.5 cutoff wheels at a great price(75%) so I bought 1 pkg of 10. Sure wish I'd tried them as they were great but by the time I got back to store , they were sold out. Next sale,same item, LOUSY..yeah I bought 4 pkgs of them..arrgh...
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 05 Oct 2018 at 9:30pm |
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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klinemar
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Posted: 05 Oct 2018 at 10:50pm |
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Yep Steve found the blade! I might have to buy some more!
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 12:28am |
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Do not use those if your saw has a plastic case. Years ago, many years younger I did.
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 1:26am |
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I need blades to cut tin roofing. and my Dewalt has a plastic case....why Tom?
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 6:08am |
cause the white HOT metal cuttings WILL melt the plastic guard around the saw blade. You'll figger that out when a long stream sparks come shooting THROUGH the plastic.. yeah BTDT.... NOW I have a metal saw for cutting metal... ..though my $400 MG saw went 'walking' ( probably into the 'contractors' trailer)..
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 7:56am |
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My Skil Saw has a plastic case around the motor and metal where the saw is and I have used it with a fiber cut off wheel for years with no problem. Talk about sparks and sl*g! This Harbor Freight blade gave off very little sparks off course it is new and still sharp.
Edited by klinemar - 06 Oct 2018 at 7:56am
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Dusty MI
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 8:08am |
For metal roofing try putting a regular wood saw blade on backwards, seems to work well.
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 9:16am |
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Seen the backwards blade trick work. Made one helluva noise, but it worked.
Don’t have first hand knowledge of the HF blade, but I believe MK Morse introduced the Metal Devil blade about 5 years ago. Generated very little heat.
Edited by Tbone95 - 06 Oct 2018 at 9:16am
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 2:34pm |
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I always used a plywood blade in backwards for metal roofing
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darrel in ND
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 4:37pm |
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I agree with Tbone about the noise that a backwards blade makes when cutting roof metal. Double or triple ear protection is required. Darrel
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 5:04pm |
Son has a Milwaukee metal cutting saw - has a pocket on side of guard to catch metal chips -blades are carbide tipped - one problem is the steel now on the market has carbon pockets and when the blade teeth hit these hard spots they will shear off or chip. A low cost blade put in backwards will work for sheet metal or metal roofing but it does leave somewhat rough edge of pushed to hard and fast
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 5:12pm |
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klinemar.. you said you cut 3/16 plate... I thought this was a sheetmetal blade ? I have seen steel saws, but the ran about 1000 rpm, not 3600 ??
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 8:27pm |
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The time I saw the backwards blade work, it was on aluminum plate. I don’t recall the exact thickness, but it was 3/8 to 1/2 inch. The noise was BRUTAL.
The metal devil was cutting 3/16 angle iron on a decent, but plain ol skill saw. It was awesome.
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 8:36pm |
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I needed to cut a new metal bath partition once. Parts runner got me a Lenox branded, toothed blade from Lowes-I said somethings I regret about his competence, but put it on my worm drive Skilsaw anyway. I was cutting 4" off, so had some area to 'play' with. I HIGHLY recommend that blade to anyone. SMOOTH and fast! I realize partitions are 2 sided sheet metal, but the packaging said it works up to 1/4" steel, if my memory has not failed me!
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Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 9:04pm |
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I hope you appoligised to yer worker! thanks ya'll, i'll try the backwards blade one of these days!
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Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 6:03am |
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I tried the backwards saw blade and did not like the cut it left in steel roofing or the noise.
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Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 7:34am |
Had the piece of metal siding on the saw horses and used a backward plywood blade to cut it. (plywood blades have more teeth, so a little quieter) So,,,,,,I'm sawing along and all of a sudden it kinda bogged down. Well, that's usually because I'm standing on the cord,,,,,which I wasn't... so I started in again and it kind of grunted through the next couple inches and then cut real well again. As it got through the 'bogged down area', I heard a 'clunk' and there laid the tail off of my steel square...  Yep, cut clean through it.... When cutting steel roofing or siding, it's noisy for sure, but it works. I'd rather use a shear!!
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Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 8:59am |
I've got a little question about saw blades. I would like to put a 4-1/2" blade in my side grinder, but can't find one with a 7/8" bore. Can a saw blade be drilled drilled to a larger bore, or are they too hard to drill ?
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