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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: jimbo on September 12, 2010, 10:59:53 pm

Title: Blades
Post by: jimbo on September 12, 2010, 10:59:53 pm

Any one notice that blades out of the same batch dull or break quicker that others, I was using a blade today and it did not seem to be cutting so changed it only to have the new blade break after about 10 minutes cutting so I put the old one back and finished the project, a further 40 mins. any theories??
Jimbo 

Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Joesawdust on September 12, 2010, 11:22:45 pm

Luck of the draw I guess, I've sometimes had 3-4 out of a dozen bad and other times go through 2-3 dozen with no bad ones.

Greg

Title: Re: Blades
Post by: dgman on September 12, 2010, 11:30:50 pm

Hey Jimbo, That happens alot to me with Olsen blades. I've put in a new blade only to find that it did not want to cut right, then replace that blade and it cuts fine.
So far I haven't had that problem with Flying Dutchman blades!

Title: Re: Blades
Post by: jimbo on September 13, 2010, 03:10:16 am

These are Fd  #5, it is only the odd one
Jimbo

Title: Re: Blades
Post by: julief on September 13, 2010, 06:48:34 am

I've had it happen with both FD and Olsen blades.  Sometimes you just get a lemon.

Title: Re: Blades
Post by: Judy Hunter on September 13, 2010, 10:37:15 am

Thanks guys.  I thought it was just me.  Sometimes a blade (any brand) will run forever. I can even cut the end off and it runs some more.  Next blade just snaps.