CMS Blade Choice?

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  • scoly
    Established Member
    • Jun 2003
    • 395
    • Lubbock, Texas, USA.

    CMS Blade Choice?

    With the Amazon discount am interested in a new blade for the cms. Can't justify a $100+ blade so am looking at around $70 less the discount. Any recommendations?
    Thanks
    Steve
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  • sweensdv
    Veteran Member
    • Dec 2002
    • 2860
    • WI
    • Baileigh TS-1040P-50

    #2
    I've been very pleased with the results I get from my Freud LU85R010. Glass smooth edges are the norm.
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    • LinuxRandal
      Veteran Member
      • Feb 2005
      • 4889
      • Independence, MO, USA.
      • bt3100

      #3
      I second that Freud. I bought one for my cheap cms (GMC) and it made a difference, over what I thought was a decent 40 tooth.
      She couldn't tell the difference between the escape pod, and the bathroom. We had to go back for her.........................Twice.

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      • p8ntblr
        Senior Member
        • Jan 2007
        • 921
        • So Cal
        • Craftsman 22114

        #4
        Hitachi deals on Amazon...
        http://www.bt3central.com/showthread.php?t=27339
        -Paul

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        • scorrpio
          Veteran Member
          • Dec 2005
          • 1566
          • Wayne, NJ, USA.

          #5
          Link from email I got from MLCS:

          http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shops...e/sp070130.htm

          A 12" 80-tooth C4 carbide blade for $80. Ain't cheap, but my understanding it's a blade in same class as Ridge Carbide RS1000 or Forrest Chopmaster.

          Also: a 10" 80T blade is $70. (Free shipping in continental US)
          Last edited by scorrpio; 02-09-2007, 09:57 AM.

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          • JimD
            Veteran Member
            • Feb 2003
            • 4187
            • Lexington, SC.

            #6
            I recently changed the blade on my RAS to a Freud with a negative hook blade. On a CMS, I think the negative hook would be less necessary but on the RAS it was a big benefit. On my CMS, I also have a Freud blade that I think is a triple chip grind, I bought it based upon price, that works well. It has about 50 teeth. My favorite blades for the BT3100 are also Freuds. I have tried other brands but not extensively. I have gotten consistently good results with Freuds of the appropriate grind (for a CMS I would want a ATB or possibly a triple chip with at least 50 teeth).

            Jim

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