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   SARGEgrinder47 | Feb 16, 2007 08:43am | #1

   I just sold my Hitachi 10" SCMS this morning and have a 12" Hitachi C12 LSH SCMS still sitting in a box awaiting mounting tomorrow. I have had good luck with the Freud LU91R010 so I will probably go with the Freud LU91R012. Both are made for sliders with the needed 5* degree negative hook to keep the stock pushed against the fence.

   I am flirting with the idea to try an Amana 72" for sliders which are priced lower with no frills just to see. I run a CMT 24 flat tooth ripping blades on my TS and am very pleased with CMT. But.. CMT doesn't make a 12" SCMS blade to my knowledge.

   Whatever you get, post the results as you don't get much feed-back on 12" blades for either TS or SCMS!

   Regards...

   Sarge.. jt

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   Troy | Feb 16, 2007 09:40am | #2

   Take a look at the CMT model 219 it seems to come in the 12" size and looks like it has the negative hook to the teeth.Troy

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Feb 16, 2007 05:37pm | #5

   Good morning Troy...

   I had a look at the 219 on the CMT web-site this morning and it does have the - negative 5* hook. But.. it comes in 92 T only and I would prefer a 72 T as the Freud.

   If I were a trim man I would prefer the 92 T, but my SCMS serves another dual purpose for me. When raw stock (10'-14') comes into my shop, it is sized down to working lengths about 4" longer than the intended project before it makes it to the wood rack for final acclimation. So.. extra smoothness of a 92 T is of no value in this stage and actually a slow-down.

   But... the SCMS also gets the call on All my cross-cutting also. I have dedicated one of my TS's to ripping and the other to precision sizing of larger panels on the rare occasion I use sheet goods. So I do need a relatively smooth cut here.. but not excessive as I usually finish any open end grain projects with a low angle plane or an over-head router trim bit.

   I would prefer a 60 T count as the Freud LU91R010, but 72 T in the 12" blades seems to be norm. I suppose the blade is traveling at the same RPM on a 12" and the extra 12 teeth on that blade is equivalent to 60 T on a 10" with the extra 2" diameter.

   So... I will probably go Freud. I agree with RonO about loyalty once a product has been time tested but... I have found that there are many here that don't have ready access to all blades as I do here in Atlanta. They might have access to something local that if nobody test and reports how it works, they have limited there thinking and choices to what does get the hype and heavier advertising. Being a tinkerer, I don't mind being a guinea pig for being the one that is willing to try the less well known products and "call a blade a blade", if indeed it is a blade that is worthy of such.

   I believe in "free market" and the more choices, the lower the price for us and it keeps competitors from sitting on there hinny with no new innovation because the big two control the market. So.. if ya' are monitoring Charlie Mac (and I now you are).. keep up what you're doing an excellent job of but.. keep the innovations coming as "there are alternatives" which gives us (the consumer) the final choice of where the money goes.

   BTW Charlie Mac.. looking forward to seeing ya at the next big WW show as you were MIA at the recent Atlanta WW show a couple of weeks ago.. :>)..... ha.. ha...

   Regards...

   Sarge.. jt

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   Troy | Feb 16, 2007 07:26pm | #6

   A lot of blade choices out there, I have some Freud blades as well and they are very good. Troy

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   OldSaw | Feb 18, 2007 06:35am | #7

   Thanks all, for the advice.   I picked up a Freud LU91R012.  Great blade.  Leaves a razor edge on some mapble I am working right now. 

    

   I have a 10" Freud for my table saw that I also love.  I'm starting to see a trend here... :-)

    

   Thanks again.

   DJS"Honey, will you please make some sawdust and track it across the carpet?"

   "Yes, dear..."

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   SARGEgrinder47 | Feb 18, 2007 08:30am | #8

   Morning Troy..

   I looked around today and I'm going with the LU91R012 72 T with 5* - hook Old Saw just posted he purchased. I have run a Freud 60T SCMS blade for several years on my 10" SCMS with success. After looking at all the rest of the 5* negative hooks, a mental and soul search tells me to "dance with the one that brung ya". ha. ha...

   So.. the new green monster Hitachi 12' is gonna see Red spinning around the arbor come Monday. I'm up late mounting it to-night as my 10" left with it's new owner this morning. All that green and red.. gonna have to get me a pair of those Ray Charles sunglasses. ha.. ha...

   Regards...

   Sarge.. jt

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   Troy | Feb 18, 2007 10:30am | #9

   sounds like fun I have a 96 tooth dewalt series 40 blade on my miter saw. I think you can't go wrong with the Freud blades though I have several of them for my table saw as well as a dado set as well.Troy

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   JMartinsky | Feb 16, 2007 02:53pm | #3

   Dear Old,
   Gee, a new saw for ................. never mind! :-) That's a funky looking thing! I second the recommendation of Freud. I am a contractor and they are standard fare for the trimmers. Great cut and they last.

   Best,

   John

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   Ron01960 | Feb 16, 2007 03:33pm | #4

   I use Freud LU91R010 as well, It works fine, I see no need to jump from something that performs very well, to another brand. If it didn't perform that would be a different story.I'm loyal to high performance and good quality.Ron