table saw blade

[Myfordman]

MM (Bob?)

That sounds interesting. I too can rarely be bothered to set up the dado stack. How does that blade perform in different material? Eg hard and soft wood both with and along the grain and ply and mdf. I'm thinking of the cleaness of the edges of the cut.

Mark

The FTG blade is fine along the grain and make a perfect job for stile & rail panel doors and grooves for sliding glass doors on bookcases and the like.

Across the grain it is not quite as clean as a sharp ATB ground conventional blade but where it matters, I use a block of scrap up against the fence and get no visible break out.

I almost never work in softwoods so can't really comment bt it possibly would pay pay to keep the blade as free of resin as possible.

Well worth contacting Doug as I've always found his blades very good value and with plenty of carbide in the tips to facilitate many regrinds. My saw is 250mm but a 200mm blade works just as well for grooving.

MM

 

[Andy RV]

I'm pretty sure that Karl mentioned a while back that he uses an adjustable groover from a spindle moulder in his table saw.
Like this: http://www.axminster.co.uk/axcaliber-three-piece-adjustable-grooving-set-prod783066/