Universal scoring blade for cabinet saw?

bunyan | Posted in Power Tools and Machinery on March 18, 2005 05:20am

HEY,

I just googled to see if there were any Universal scoring blades out there. Welp, it didn’t do to much good. Particularly one that would fit the grizzly 14 inch cabinet saw. Any help on this subject would be greatly apritiated. Thanks.

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Tao | Mar 18, 2005 05:39am | #1
You just need a 4 3/4" blade, 7/8" arbor, and a thickness to match your main blade. Why not just buy Grizzly's, or the same brand as your main blades?

Maybe I don't understand.

Michael R

bunyan | Mar 19, 2005 02:00am | #4
Grizzly doesnt offer one that I know of.

Tao | Mar 19, 2005 02:12am | #5
I thought I might be missing something. I thought he was asking about a blade only for a Griz 14" sliding table saw, which takes that size blade, and which Grizzly does supply.

It didn't occur to me that he might be asking about a universal scoring saw attachment to go on a cabinet saw.

My mistake.......

Michael R

RickL | Mar 18, 2005 04:09pm | #2
http://modulus2000.com/ is for 10" saws only but I see you have a 5/8" arbor so it might work. I've done a lot over the years with this situation and I would go with a Forrest Hi-AT or similar blade and zero clearance throat plate. The other option is to upgrade your saw to something with a scoring blade. I prefer two piece split to conical scoring blades. There are no scoring saw upgrades except the modulus to my knowledge.

Edited 3/18/2005 11:31 am ET by rick3ddd

155 | Mar 19, 2005 01:33am | #3
buy a forrest duraline at blade and forget all about scoring blades this blade cuts just as good with zero clearence insert.
DougU | Mar 20, 2005 04:13am | #6
rick

I worked for a guy that used the modulus, BTW it worked remarkably well, and I dont think that it would clear a 14" blade.

Its only made for I think 10" saws and it does not set that far away from the blade.

Doug

RickL | Mar 20, 2005 04:40am | #7
I'm figuring the same thing but since the Grizzly has a 5/8" arbor capability it still might work on a limited basis. I'm suspecting you would not get the height but that might not be a problem with 3/4" stock. It's the only add on scoring unit I've seen over the years so I thought I'd toss the idea out. I would favor going with the Forrest Hi-AT. The problem with scoring saws especially the conical blades which is what the modulus has is if the sheet good has a slight bit of warp it won't work. Conical is a tapered blade so the sheet must lie flat on the table. I just set up a Paolini panel saw which has the split blade so it's a much nicer set up.