I've been building a desk for my daughter and the plans called for maple veneer plywood. I was getting splintering with my Freud 80 Crosscut blade, so , of course, I "just had to get" their LU80R010 10" 80T HI-ATB BLADE "ultimate plywood blade" . It works like a charm, no splintering no matter which side you feed the stock into the blade.
Well today, as I'm cutting more ply, I feel something akin to a close range shot from a pellet gun on my right chest. No blood, no bruse, but a good size piece of one of the teeth broke off from this new blade and is sticking into my sweatshirt.
Never had that happen before! It's a pretty scary feeling. Even though I was wearing safety glasses, which I always use, my face wasn't affected. Still, glad I did have my glassed on as I started to picture this piece of carbide tooth stuck into my eye and not my sweatshirt.
Monday, I'll call Freud and "give them h**l". The blade does come with a lifetime warrantee.
The moral of the story is Always Wear Safety Glasses and Kevlar body armor.
Bruce
Well today, as I'm cutting more ply, I feel something akin to a close range shot from a pellet gun on my right chest. No blood, no bruse, but a good size piece of one of the teeth broke off from this new blade and is sticking into my sweatshirt.
Never had that happen before! It's a pretty scary feeling. Even though I was wearing safety glasses, which I always use, my face wasn't affected. Still, glad I did have my glassed on as I started to picture this piece of carbide tooth stuck into my eye and not my sweatshirt.
Monday, I'll call Freud and "give them h**l". The blade does come with a lifetime warrantee.
The moral of the story is Always Wear Safety Glasses and Kevlar body armor.
Bruce
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