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   hipaul | Oct 14, 2009 09:35am | #1

   #### blades.

   http://www.pauljohnsoncarpentry.com
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   KenHill3 | Oct 14, 2009 10:03pm | #2

   Did you mean to say M a t s u s h i t a?View Image

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   mike4244 | Oct 15, 2009 01:38am | #3

   I have to order 6" blades from freud.There are no stores in my area that sell 6" blades.6 1/2",5 1/2, " blades are sold everywhere but 6" blades here,have not been sold since woodworkers warehouse closed up.I am satisfied with the freud blades.

   mike

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   IMERC | Oct 20, 2009 06:51am | #4

   freuds...

    

   Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming

   WOW!!! What a Ride!

   
   Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

    

   "Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints"

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   JulianTracy | Oct 20, 2009 03:39pm | #5

   I bought a 6 1/2" Makita blade once, 24 tooth - that was one of the best blades I ever used on my saw. It was blue/green in color and made in Japan. Cost about $24 - worth it.Have alsoi had good luck with the chrome-plated Freud blades from Lowes - their on clearance now at $14, reg $20.Some of the Chrome ones are now made in China, the one I used was made in Italy.JT

   Edited 10/20/2009 8:40 am ET by JulianTracy

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   DavidxDoud | Oct 20, 2009 03:39pm | #6

   here's the 'Diablo' blade from Amazon - I've had it in the queue for a year now, waiting for some mad $ to order it (along with a couple of grand of other items...)

   http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008WQ2Q/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

   I've got a decent blade that came with my saw (used/ebay) and haven't used it that much, so not a pressing need for me - but I like to have an extra blade in stock for all the tools -

   I started a thread a couple years ago about small saws and bought the PC 6" (left hand) and Rigid 6.5" (right hand) -

   that Rigid is a great saw - thanks to whoever recommended it to me -

   "there's enough for everyone"
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   DCCarpenter | Oct 21, 2009 07:09am | #7

   David,Thanks for the info along with everyone else. I'm going to go ahead and order that blade tonight.

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   DCCarpenter | Oct 24, 2009 02:32am | #8

   As a side note a day after the post I found a Timberwolf 6" think kerf blade in both 20tooth and 40tooth varieties at Smoot Lumber in Alexandria, so far I like the blade. My coworker tried it had good luck as well. The blades cost $17.00

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   excaliber32 | Oct 24, 2009 04:04am | #9

   Diablo is my favorite general purpose blade, even before FHB plugged it.