Wait one dog gone minute who's he's calling a fan boy.

 

Damn ya'll!

I appreciate all the info and thoughts

And to be fair, I have stuff that I'm a fanboy of; so no hate from me there

I did learn thought that Forrest AND Rigid Carbide are in NJ, local to me. Didn't know I was in the saw blade epicenter, too bad gotta drive to PA for reasonably priced lumber.

Whiteside/Dimar full kerf will.ve arriving next week, and will be sending my blades to Forrest as well. Will update when I get em

Thanks! And hope you all had a happy Fourth!

 

Not into drama, my dude, so if you feel you need to win, ok.

Ev, hope the new and sharpened blades work for you.

 

Not into drama, my dude, so if you feel you need to win, ok.

Ev, hope the new and sharpened blades work for you.

- shampeon

Dang this is getting quite entertaining My fall back is to check the projects posted, usually speaks volumes?
Come to think of it I did have a Ridgid blade, great when new lost it's edge way to quick.(Unlike my Forresters or the Dimars)

 

I got one new Forest Blade that was cutting rough, and sent it back, got a replacement. It's possible that your blade was not tensioned correctly…or is dull…or is both. Rigid Carbide seems like quality blades, never used one, and they seemed priced about the same as Forest.

 

Not into drama, my dude, so if you feel you need to win, ok.

Ev, hope the new and sharpened blades work for you.

- shampeon

Dang this is getting quite entertaining My fall back is to check the projects posted, usually speaks volumes?
Come to think of it I did have a Ridgid blade, great when new lost it s edge way to quick.(Unlike my Forresters or the Dimars)

- Andre

First thing I did when I saw the less than well thought out comment. Wasn't surprised.

 

Not into drama, my dude, so if you feel you need to win, ok.

Ev, hope the new and sharpened blades work for you.

- shampeon

Dang this is getting quite entertaining My fall back is to check the projects posted, usually speaks volumes?
Come to think of it I did have a Ridgid blade, great when new lost it s edge way to quick.(Unlike my Forresters or the Dimars)

- Andre

First thing I did when I saw the less than well thought out comment. Wasn t surprised.

- Foghorn

? Oh ya " Calgary" sorta explains itself

 

Not into drama, my dude, so if you feel you need to win, ok.

Ev, hope the new and sharpened blades work for you.

- shampeon

Dang this is getting quite entertaining My fall back is to check the projects posted, usually speaks volumes?
Come to think of it I did have a Ridgid blade, great when new lost it s edge way to quick.(Unlike my Forresters or the Dimars)

- Andre

First thing I did when I saw the less than well thought out comment. Wasn t surprised.

- Foghorn

? Oh ya " Calgary" sorta explains itself

- Andre

I wasn't referring to your comment Andre but to the person you were referring to that used the Forrest fanboy comment. I now know where your head is however. Peace.

 

I know your post is a few months old, but I was trying to find a review of the Whiteside/Dimsr blades and ran upon your post. I was wondering if you ever got a resolution for your Forrest blades. I looked at a "top blades of 2020", and the Forrest WW II got the top recommendation. One thing I noticed was where they listed the cons, and one was that they don't do well with a zero-clearance setup. The teeth are apparently made to allow the blade to stop when the saw stops…I'm assuming this cuts into a zero-clearance. The other con mentioned was that the blades goes so fast that they can burn certain woods due to the fast speed. I'm also wondering if raising the blade higher would help that. It actually makes sense that when the blade is higher, the teeth hit the wood more like they should vs hitting the wood at an angle with a low blade height. Just curious about this issue TBH

 

I think some are researching the difference between ridgid and ridge carbide blades. The former of which are no longer produced.

Some are also busy editing all the photos of their trinkets to show off to the clique and validate their worth.

I'm also curious how Everett got on with the Dimar. Cause I know there was nothing wrong with his saw -or- set up and technique. Despite claims to contrary. This was just another case of the simplest solution being correct. - Occam's razor.

The blade was/is the problem , and screamed out so. It's just that some didn't want that to be the case because then they'd have to admit the darling of the blade world sometimes has warts, or doesn't perform well every time. So they devised kinds of complex theories and assumptions to absolve the blade, and sleep well at nite.

KLB - who declared WW2 the best of 2020 ? I don't think anyone in the industry has done a head to head test of premium 40t combo blades in looooooong time. Most of those pseudo "best of " are just marketing swill to drive traffic to the authors' interests. (Affiliate Links) The couple I've seen are so wildly random to be useless. A comparison btw a $125 40t blade with 50t combo , or a 60t DeWalt and an 80t chingchongchang blade for $25 are hardly fair , or in my opinion relevant. Some haven't used or even seen the blades they're pimping. But they "researched" them extensively.

If you're going to wax on about 40t blades , get em all and cut real wood on real saws, not a virtual one.

 

I have ridge and forrest. I prefer ridge personally. I also have ridge for my Festool track saw and Kapex.

 

They aren't dull, I had cleaned them, etc.

 

Everett1, I'm keenly interested in how the Whiteside/Dimar rip blade is doing (and what else you bought, as well as what evaluation of the original Forrest blades revealed-if you had them sent off).

 

I've actually been so busy, i've never even tried it! Same with the Forrest.

I sent them back to Forrest, and i guess they"fixed" em, but i haven't even thrown them on the saw yet.

Honestly, cuz of how little time i've had, the HD Diablos are cutting SO well i've just left em on; no burning, and glue-line quality edge (i still joint the edges before a blue up anyway).

It's like i'm afraid to mess with em.

When i finally get around to putting the other blades on, i'll report back.

 

How about Amana dado blades. What they call their industrial line. I can't find a Forrest blade right now. Everyone is out of them. I am beginning to think that blades like Forest, Amana, CMT, Freud etc. are all pretty good and I'm not sure it matters which one a person uses.