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Summary: Different saw blades are effective for different tasks. Learn about different types of saw blades in this free woodworking series from an expert furniture maker.
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About the Expert
Slawek Hadziewicz Slawomir "Slawek" Hadziewicz has worked for a wood shop since 1997. He began by making small custom projects in wood for local users and commercial businesses... read more
Now we'll talk about the types of blades you can utilize with this particular tool. Generally speaking, a Skill saw is utilized by a tradesman in rough carpentry that is, creating stud walls and stuff like this. Obviously cuts like this do not require a verifying cut; everything will be covered with drywall. However, this particular blade was created for finer cuts. As you can see, on the rough blade, the number of teeth will be much smaller than on a finer blade. Also, what will cause the quality of cut is how far the angle of the tooth is either leaned forward or back. As you can see, the difference can be quite staggering. On this particular blade you are looking at approximately sixty teeth versus twenty four teeth. Now this is caused by obviously a design that this particular, each one particular was designed for. Generally speaking for rough carpentry you will utilize less teeth, for finer cuts, you will utilize more teeth. Thank you.