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   WillGeorge | May 11, 2005 10:57pm | #1

   I have use those blades.. Oldham's.. Not to expensive ans work OK for all but the finest work.. With me probably the blade OK and just me..

   I heard they went out of business??? I could be wrong.. MANY folks love them..

   I just loved the blade that came with a old ROYOBI saw I had... I cut more boards than I wanted to with it! Sided two BIG houses with it.. Yes just cedar.. But cedar can be nasty!...

   Blade came with the saw.. The motor burnt out and the blade still good!

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   JsHerbel | May 11, 2005 11:36pm | #2

   Mark,

   You really don't need the blade stabilizers on this blade as it is close to full 1/8" thick. As far as the noise, the Oldham signature blades do have a ringing sound for whatever reason, but low noise doesn't equal a clean cut. FWIW,  Forrest blades I've seen used are noisy too. If this blade also says "Premier Carbide" on it, then it is a very good blade. The regular so called Signature Series blades that are available at Home Depot, etc. are nothing special. Not bad, just nothing special.

   I have said before on this forum that the Oldham premier carbide signature blades are the best I have ever used. Oldham is an old company with good quality. They were recently bought out by a mega corp, so we'll see how their quality holds up.

    

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   MarkRD | May 16, 2005 05:26pm | #6

   js,Yes the blade is a premire carbide blade. For Free! Can't beat the price.And, I received the Freud I originally bought. A triple-chip laminate blade. (three different carbide teeth).Oh man does it cut nice (I snuck away from my desk and installed it after it came in the mail today).I cannot believe how bad my other blade was. Why did I wait so long???I cannot even hear this blade entering the wood and I didn't even feel the wood push back on the push stick as it entered the blade.I'm an idiot for waiting so long to sharpen/change my tablesaw blade...Mark

   Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, cut it with an ax.

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   nikkiwood | May 12, 2005 01:09am | #3

   I think it is fair to say that Oldham makes (made) mostly decent quality blades.

   I think I read somewhere they were part of the Pentair tool group (Delta, PC, et al) that was sold to BD, who put Oldham out of business -- since Dewalt has a big saw blade operation, mfgd mainly in England.

   Also, I don't think you need the stabilizer for this blade when used in the chop saw.

   As for the "ringing" -- that's just a function of the the tooth configuration. In recent years, there has been some effort to make blades quieter, which I'm pretty sure is the reason for the laser slots you see in some blades.

   "I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
   -- Bertrand Russell

4. 
   RonInOttawa | May 12, 2005 06:26am | #4

   I would be curious to know if you can actually mount the stabilizer on your chopsaw. Most brands I've seen have relatively little space between the arbor shaft and the outside housing, and it's usually a matter of slipping the nut in sideways to get it started on the threads. If the stabilizer has any thickness at all, it may be a very tight fit to get everything mounted. That said, if you can get it mounted I don't see where it will cause any harm beyond limiting your depth of cut.

   Regards,

   Ron

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   MarkRD | May 12, 2005 02:23pm | #5

   It does fit and yes it's snug. But no I'm not using it.Mark
   

   Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with chalk, cut it with an ax.

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