Introduction on Blade Basics

Blades are basically important for woodworkers and knowing the basics about blades will determine the outcome of your project. If you are aspiring to become one, we recommend that you read about this article. Fortunately, sawing technology has improved throughout the years and ushered new products of saw blades that are able to cut down manufacturing cost.

Choosing the Ideal Blade

Choosing the ideal blade for a specific material is critical in terms of cutting. It ensures cost-effectiveness of blade sawing and manufacturing time. Here are some basic information you should remember in your decision making process.

·         Blade Back-This refers to the body of the blade but excluding the tooth portion

·         Width-Refers to the nominal dimension of a saw blade as measured from the tip of the tooth

·         TPI-Refers to the teeth per inch as measured from gullet to gullet

·         Thickness-is the dimension from side to side on the blade

·         Kerf is the amount of material removed by the cut of the blade

·         Gullet is the curved area at the base of the tooth. The tooth tip to the bottom of the gullet is the depth.

·         Set is the bending of teeth to left or right to allow clearance of the back of the blade through the cut

·         Tooth Rake Angle is basically the angle of the tooth face measured with respect to a line perpendicular to the cutting direction of the saw.

·         Tooth Face is the surface of the tooth on which the chip formed

·         Tooth Pitch is the distance from the tip of one tooth to the tip of the next tooth

These are the basic features you should remember when choosing the right blade. Every feature is design to each blade to cut a specific material. These features will also determine the outcome of your cutting process. For any questions or you are in need to circular saw blades or bandsaw blade, visit us at www.specialtysaws.com.au. We’ll be writing another article about Blade construction, so stay tuned!