I broke 2 teeth off, at the shoulders, of my Forrester blade (can’t be repaired). I keep using it and it seams to work ok. Is there anything I should be concerned with?
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I would not use that blade again. Did Forrest say it can't be repaired? If not, turn it into a clock. Under no circumstance would I put that back on a saw.
Why not?
My concern would be that whatever force caused two teeth to break away also weakened others. Those teeth could become carbide bullets in your shop.
Send it in and get new teeth brazed on. Pretty easy and not too expensive.
My local sharpener said couldn't be done and I called Forrest and they said the same thing.
Since you called Forrest Blades you got your answer. No one on this forum is more knowledgeable about Forrest Blades than their support team.
Hopefully you shared the cause of the two damaged teeth with the support team.
How did the teeth get broken? If it were me, I'd just spend the money for a new blade and put my mind to rest instead of wondering about the safety or reliability of a two-toothless blade.
How much farther would you go? Three teeth, five? Running an unbalanced table-saw will eventually not have a good outcome.
Unbalanced and if not impacted by something that would normally break a tooth you will never know when the next tooth will launch. I do this for kick back reasons but if you keep using I would get in the habit of standing off to the side of the blade path.
I'll echo what John_C2 said. Forrest Blades are the finest blades available. Their repair team knows whether a blade can be repaired or not. If they determine it is unsafe to repair there is no way I'd use that blade on a table saw.
For my own peace mind if it was my blade I would rather spend the extra dollars to purchase a new blade even if Forrest Blades said it could be repaired and then turn the blade into a shop clock or decoration as a reminder of how it was damaged. Then I would not have fear in the back of my mind everytime I used the blade that I might get hit by sharpnel.
You have enough things in the shop that want to kill you without inviting one in that you can get rid of. Put that blade in a vise and bend it so you'll never be tempted.
He might still be tempted.
How did you break the two teeth?
I have no idea. I've thought it over several time and can't come up with a solution.
As someone with a handle 'toothless' I should comment. I agree fully - DO NOT use the blade. If the blade is mounted on a tablesaw the teeth are coming towards you.
My SawStop brake destroyed my new expensive Freud flat top ground blade. That hurt, but I never once thought of putting the blade back on the saw.
OK. I get the message. I bought a new today.
Best money you've spent so far.
Agree with all above - especially re' Forrest opinion, but I am perplexed. I have had at least a few times had Forrest WW2 full kerf blades with carbide teeth broken off and had Forrest, Burns Tools, as well local sharpeners replace those carbide teeth and resharpen.
You say it broke at the shoulder - what is the shoulder? more than the carbide? If so, how did that happen?
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