Good Quality Alternative Circular Saw Blade

Hello All,

I went to a local independent hardware store this afternoon. I bought a Makita 56 Teeth circular saw blade. I asked the owner if they are familiar with Diablo circular saw blades. After some thought the owner said. Yes, a local builder has a Diablo blade fitted to one of his saws. They want to come in to test our range of saw blades. This is because the Diablo saw blade wanders around and even pushes the saw against the straight edge.

While 2 individuals with the same complaint in a city the size of Bundaberg is nowhere near a statistically relevant sample, it is funny how two people give the same feedback over the same product's short comings. I use Diablo spade drills and have always been quite happy with them. Definitely not impressed with the thin kerf circular saw blades though! Maybe Bundaberg received a bad batch of blades.

Kind regards
Lionel

Just a hint Lionel, only have as much blade below the depth gauge so as to clear the timber.

dave

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Originally Posted by Hogarthde

Just a hint Lionel, only have as much blade below the depth gauge so as to clear the timber.

dave

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Yep Dave,

Thank you for your tip. I do follow the very same technique. By the way, I am by trade a landscaper - a 'hard' landscaper. This refers to construction landscaping, things made of stone, timber, masonry and steel. Structures. Whereas, the putting things the green-side up people are known as 'soft' landscapers. I was also a full-time permanent TAFE Trade teacher - Landscaping & Parks and Gardens. Part of my role was teaching people how to use power tools such as circular saws correctly. As I had drummed into me during my training ... "Always let the tool do the work for you. If you have to force the tool then either you are using it incorrectly or the blade is blunt. Blunt blades are dangerous... " I also trained in Arboriculture and have chainsaw licences and mobile elevated platform experience along with Tirfor winches and related gear to change the direction of felled trees or branches. Also trained in Nursery and Production (Fruit & Vege growing). The Nursery and Production were compulsory subjects. I specialised in Landscaping & Parks and Gardens. Working in regional and rural local governments I kept all fields of my horticultural training up-to-date. I then followed the recreational aspect of horticulture and worked as a Ranger. I was then offered the opportunity to become a TAFE Trade Teacher.

With 7 years TAFE Teaching I left after the last two years of handling batches of the worst people Centrelink wanted to get rid of for six months by hiding them in government funded 'job creation' courses. After two years of casting pearls before the swine I went back to my trade. After my return to local government I had enough of the blatant nepotism that is incumbent in some rural councils. Also, the insistence of farmers who were also Councillors saying things like, "front deck, zero turn mowers are useless because they do not look like my tractors". This coincided with my eyes buggering up. It was recommended that I seek other employment by an eye specialist. By then, I was well and truly jaded with my trade. So, I left my trade and re-trained.

I am far from being an expert though. Well apart from within my PhD discipline - I reckon I have paid my dues in that area. However, you get to the stage where you realise how little you still know. The great thing about that is you never get bored!

Now where is that soapbox? That is right I am standing on it. Exit stage left.

Diagram borrowed 31st of May 2023 from
https://www.jlconline.com/tools/fast...h-adjustment_o.

Kind regards
Lionel

A postscript to my last message.

When I was a TAFE teacher, I remember spending hours trying to find good clear diagrams that could be 'borrowed' and inserted into class notes or learning guides. Trawling through trade magazines in the library or going into sales brochures. These images would then be photocopied, cut out, gluing the cut-out image onto the page in a text box with your text surrounding it. Applying liquid paper to the edges of the photograph. Then photocopy the whole finished page and then sending the notes off to the printer for copying out for the class.

It took me less than five minutes to find that saw-depth diagram. Insert image ... done!

Kind regards
Lionel

I've also experienced the 'bendy blade' problem with CraftRIGHT blades on my bench saw. I recently binned a set of three, two of which I hadn't even put on the saw!
Replaced with a Makita blade which I have found to be OK.

Good to see that you may have the problem sorted. I have to admit that I have only used diablo blades on a saw bench. I think I still have the original blade on my little Ryobi 18v saw.
I can understand what it is like to teach the unteachable how to do things that mean they have to actually use their hands and brain at the same time. Very difficult if one of those doesn't function.
Good luck with the new blade
Les

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Originally Posted by LuckyLes

Good to see that you may have the problem sorted. I have to admit that I have only used diablo blades on a saw bench. I think I still have the original blade on my little Ryobi 18v saw.
I can understand what it is like to teach the unteachable how to do things that mean they have to actually use their hands and brain at the same time. Very difficult if one of those doesn't function.
Good luck with the new blade
Les

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Hello Les,

Thank you for your reply. I would still have my original saw blade except for its encounter with a very hidden bolt inside a length of recycled timber. I had previously spent a long time removing everything that I could see nails, tacks and other metal detritus. Anyway, the saw teeth found the bolt! Off to Bunnings I go.

Normally, within the first two days of Centrelink's chosen group's six month block of training a declaration would be made. "We do not want to be here. Don't bother trying to teach us anything because we don't want to be here. We are only here because if we leave Centrelink will stop our payments". If any of their peers showed the slightest interest in learning - they would be bullied. It was not a fun time. What got me the most is I went through a bad unemployment patch when I was younger and I would have given a lot to be have the opportunity for free training. Then I paid for my own training. I suppose in the big scheme of things it stopped 4 groups of 24 people having to show up at a Centrelink office each fortnight and it hid the local unemployment numbers for a while. While they were still getting unemployment benefits they were officially undergoing approved training - so they were therefore not 'unemployed'. I just wonder nationally how many dedicated TAFE teachers got burnt out in the process of the government hiding the unemployment numbers.

Kind regards
Lionel

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Originally Posted by Lionelgee

...the worst people Centrelink wanted to get rid of for six months by hiding them in government funded 'job creation' courses...
Lionel

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Needs a separate thread. Worked for Dpt Social Security for nearly 10 years. I understand what you mean.