Harbor Freight Saw Blade
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Topic: Harbor Freight Saw Blade
Posted By: klinemar
Subject: Harbor Freight Saw Blade
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2018 at 9:42am
| 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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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date 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. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2018 at 6:08pm
| what was the name on the blade? |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date 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... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2018 at 9:30pm
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https://www.harborfreight.com/7-14-in-48t-metal-cutting-circular-saw-blade-62736.html" rel="nofollow - https://www.harborfreight.com/7-14-in-48t-metal-cutting-circular-saw-blade-62736.html ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 05 Oct 2018 at 10:50pm
| Yep Steve found the blade! I might have to buy some more! |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 12:28am
| Do not use those if your saw has a plastic case. Years ago, many years younger I did. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 1:26am
| I need blades to cut tin roofing. and my Dewalt has a plastic case....why Tom? |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 6:08am
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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).. ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 7:56am
| 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. |
Posted By: Dusty MI
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 8:08am
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For metal roofing try putting a regular wood saw blade on backwards, seems to work well. Dusty ------------- 917 H, '48 G, '65 D-10 series III "Allis Express" |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date 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. |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 2:34pm
| I always used a plywood blade in backwards for metal roofing |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 4:37pm
| I agree with Tbone about the noise that a backwards blade makes when cutting roof metal. Double or triple ear protection is required. Darrel |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 5:04pm
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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 ------------- Faith isn't a jump in the dark. It is a walk in the light. Faith is not guessing; it is knowing something. "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful." |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date 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 ?? ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date 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. |
Posted By: omahagreg
Date 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! ------------- Greg Kroeker 1950 WD with wide front and Freeman trip loader |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 06 Oct 2018 at 9:04pm
| I hope you appoligised to yer worker! thanks ya'll, i'll try the backwards blade one of these days! |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 07 Oct 2018 at 8:25pm
Yep it melts the case. I did it several years ago. Dog gone it. I was at HF today and forgot to pick up one of these blades. Although I am done cutting steel for the year, I gotta add on to the east side next year. Dang good reason to go back next Saturday. Old gal says I can have that day off.  
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Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 6:03am
| I tried the backwards saw blade and did not like the cut it left in steel roofing or the noise. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date 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!! ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: Dusty MI
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2018 at 8:59am
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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 ? Dusty ------------- 917 H, '48 G, '65 D-10 series III "Allis Express" |