Giordiannetto
23rd Jan 2021, 02:45 PM
Hello, this is my first proper post here though I've been lurking for a while.
A few years back I bought a pair of TCT blades for the Ozito plunge saw (24T x 89 mm x 10 mm, about 1/16 kerf) for a project that never happened. Today I though I'd try one as a slitting saw to cut 25 mm deep slits in 8 mm mild steel.
Worked like a charm. I mounted it on my home-made 10mm arbor (18 mm OD) and stuck it in a collet on the old mill/drill. After a little experimentation I found it cut happily at about 250 RPM lubricated with squirts of WD40.
Given the tolerances here and there most of the teeth weren't doing any work, so between slits I loosened the fixing bolt on the arbor and rotated the blade a bit in the hope of evening the wear. (The arbor is home made, 16 mm OD at the business end.)
At about $13 for a pack of two these blades seem like a good value where precise thickness isn't an issue.
A few years back I bought a pair of TCT blades for the Ozito plunge saw (24T x 89 mm x 10 mm, about 1/16 kerf) for a project that never happened. Today I though I'd try one as a slitting saw to cut 25 mm deep slits in 8 mm mild steel.
Worked like a charm. I mounted it on my home-made 10mm arbor (18 mm OD) and stuck it in a collet on the old mill/drill. After a little experimentation I found it cut happily at about 250 RPM lubricated with squirts of WD40.
Given the tolerances here and there most of the teeth weren't doing any work, so between slits I loosened the fixing bolt on the arbor and rotated the blade a bit in the hope of evening the wear. (The arbor is home made, 16 mm OD at the business end.)
At about $13 for a pack of two these blades seem like a good value where precise thickness isn't an issue.