I did some building over the weekend, - took some 50-60 year old yellow pine and made me a 2' x 4' x 36" tall work table. That thing is heavy, it probably weighs about 200 lbs. Heavy, (for me)!
I gave my BT3100 a work out and my 12" Makita compound sliding miter saw a work out. The 2x4's were not all the same thickness but not that much difference. My old delta thickness planner needs new blades in a bad way, so I was left with running the 2x4s through the BT3100 to size them, width wise and thickness. It worked just fine but I had to take my time and not push it hard.
In the end, after it was over and the table was built, I changed the SCMS blade and TS blade out on each to new ones. Yeah, I know, kinda dumb to change blades AFTER instead of before!
The 12 inch blade was still fairly sharp on the tip but it sure had resin all over it. Same for the 10" on the BT3100. Then I realized that I had two 12" SCMS blades 80 tooth that were in need of cleaning and touch up sharpening. And two 10" blades. Plus several 7 1/4 inch blades - all waiting for me to either take to, or send off to a sharpener. AND I knew that I would be spending close to $100 at least, and more if I paid for shipping.
At that point, I wondered if the HF Circular Saw Blade Sharpener would be worth It. $54.99, but 25% off today (Monday). Last night I read reviews, and watched the video and downloaded a copy of the manual. I bought a circular saw sharpener today and will give it a try later this week. I still have to clean out some junk in my shop to put the new work table. Then I will be ready to give the sharpener a try.
I am skeptic of one item - the diamond blade. While it should work well, I thought about picking up another diamond blade from HD or Lowes. I will give the sharpener a try and then look on Amazon if I think I can get a better quality blade somewhere else.
ONE Reason I am giving the Circular Saw Sharpener a try (besides just wanting to sharpen my own blades) is because of a HF tool that early on got some negative reviews - but worked perfect for me - the Chain saw sharpener. Early on (years ago) numerous reviews wrote "cheap", "breaks after the first two or three chains" etc. I have had my HF chain saw sharpener for at least 12 years and it has done and excellent job and still works. I don't push it or force it and it works well for me.
Anyone else have and use the circular saw sharpener from HF?
I gave my BT3100 a work out and my 12" Makita compound sliding miter saw a work out. The 2x4's were not all the same thickness but not that much difference. My old delta thickness planner needs new blades in a bad way, so I was left with running the 2x4s through the BT3100 to size them, width wise and thickness. It worked just fine but I had to take my time and not push it hard.
In the end, after it was over and the table was built, I changed the SCMS blade and TS blade out on each to new ones. Yeah, I know, kinda dumb to change blades AFTER instead of before!
The 12 inch blade was still fairly sharp on the tip but it sure had resin all over it. Same for the 10" on the BT3100. Then I realized that I had two 12" SCMS blades 80 tooth that were in need of cleaning and touch up sharpening. And two 10" blades. Plus several 7 1/4 inch blades - all waiting for me to either take to, or send off to a sharpener. AND I knew that I would be spending close to $100 at least, and more if I paid for shipping.
At that point, I wondered if the HF Circular Saw Blade Sharpener would be worth It. $54.99, but 25% off today (Monday). Last night I read reviews, and watched the video and downloaded a copy of the manual. I bought a circular saw sharpener today and will give it a try later this week. I still have to clean out some junk in my shop to put the new work table. Then I will be ready to give the sharpener a try.
I am skeptic of one item - the diamond blade. While it should work well, I thought about picking up another diamond blade from HD or Lowes. I will give the sharpener a try and then look on Amazon if I think I can get a better quality blade somewhere else.
ONE Reason I am giving the Circular Saw Sharpener a try (besides just wanting to sharpen my own blades) is because of a HF tool that early on got some negative reviews - but worked perfect for me - the Chain saw sharpener. Early on (years ago) numerous reviews wrote "cheap", "breaks after the first two or three chains" etc. I have had my HF chain saw sharpener for at least 12 years and it has done and excellent job and still works. I don't push it or force it and it works well for me.
Anyone else have and use the circular saw sharpener from HF?
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