Very surprised and disappointed.

[kwgeorge]

Ok so here’s the deal, as some of you know I had my BT3K for years and on that saw I wore out the original blade and several Freud’s over the years. You know how a blade wears out as it just stops cutting well and burning the wood etc. Well when I upgraded the saw I moved the blade I was using to the new saw as the blade that came with the new saw pretty much sucked.

Then I decided to try the very expensive Forest Woodworker II blade. I must admit I really liked it. Not too much after that I bought that Ridgid blade that Brian had the deal on and put the WWII up and was using the Ridgid Carbide. So I decided yesterday to put the WWII back into service and have been using it since yesterday. Now understand this blade has had very little use and has by no means been abused at all. Just a bit ago while setting up for a cut I noticed something not right with the blade and while taking a closer look I noticed a tooth was missing! I checked all the other teeth and they were all there but man I have never lost a tooth on a blade before!

You can bet I will be emailing Forest.



Ken

[MilDoc]

Bumped against something? Or defective blade?

[MBG]

I thought it was just me. I bought one and used it twice and had the same thing happen. Since it was new I was able to get it replaced at the retail level.

(maybe they are having a brazing problem)

[Knottscott]

Doesn't sound like a pleasant experience. Hopefully Forrest will take care of you. Oddly enough, I've read more than one post today about someone who's lost teeth on their WWII.....is there a quality issue or is it due to sheer numbers sold?

Just to clarify for the unsuspecting, the other blade you mentioned is by "Ridge" Carbide (not "Ridgid"), and is a top notch US made blade and is a completely separate entity from Ridgid.

[cgallery]

Doesn't sound like a pleasant experience. Hopefully Forrest will take care of you. Oddly enough, I've read more than one post today about someone who's lost teeth on their WWII.....is there a quality issue or is it due to sheer numbers sold?

Ditto. At first I thought this may be a post from the same user that posted elsewhere (as some of us do). But that other poster had mentioned that they had returned the blade to Forrest and they returned a brand new one.

[lcm1947]

Not something you'd expect from that blade. Hopefully they'll take care of you.

[cabinetman]

I've had that happen with different manufacturers. It makes you wonder where the tooth went. I've found most of them under the saw. They usually get dislodged in the cut and get pushed down.



"I'M NEVER WRONG - BUT I'M NOT ALWAYS RIGHT"

[kwgeorge]

Well Paul I had wondered if I may have hit also but as a rule I am very careful with my blades. If the blade is off the saw it stays in a blade protector. I also picked up the habit of retracting the saw blade after I use the saw. I started doing this after I was moving some stuff around on the table saw and ran my hand over the stopped blade and ended up cutting myself pretty good. I even use a metal detector wand on my lumber prior to using it (started doing that after I found a nail in some Walnut).

So I was thinking about how one would lose a tooth on a saw blade so I took an old worn out Freud I still had lying around and tried to knock a tooth off with a hammer. You something, that is not all that easy to do. I ended up chipping the carbide all up before the tooth finally broke off.

Like I said as long as I have been woodworking this is the first tooth I ever lost on a blade. I even went so far as to check all my other blades. Oh well, guess I will see what they have to say about it.

Ken

[Ken Weaver]

Let us know what they say Ken - will check my forrest when I get home tonight - you've got me worried now.

[jackellis]

There are all kinds of non-destructive tests for welds that have to be perfect and failure simply is not an option, but the inspection equipment is expensive and so is the process. For everything else, there will be occasional failures. Even so, it seems like Forrest is having an above average number of problems.

[Tom Miller]

I finally put my WWII on my saw a couple weeks ago -- purchased it from Amazon after seeing a "Bargain Alert" here some time back.

I was kind of surprised at the amount of vibration. The cuts have mostly been fine, although I haven't really needed to look too closely yet. I'll check it out a little closer tonight. (Might have to buy a test nickel on the way home. )

Regards,
Tom