16ga

Thanks.

I think the blade i have now is a shopfox. Think I only paid something like $20 for it.

I was getting low on money and didn't know how much more i would have to spend so I just get a cheep one with the saw.
I'm planing to pick up a dedicated rip blade and crosscut blade once i get a chance. Then the cheep blades going to be used for cutting up reclaimed wood where i might have missed a nail.

Pirate

On mu Unisaw, I made a bunch of zero clearance inserts for the blades, and on a couple of them, I included a splitter, that is attashed to the insert. It doesn't work with a tilted blade, but when I need it out of the way, I just lift the insert out and replace it with one that doesn't have the splitter.
Easy and fast.

Pirate

I use the tri square also to check the alignment to the slot, but prefer to measure to a marked tooth on the blade, then turn the blade so the same tooth is at the rear and check again. This elliminates any issues with blade runnout, which a lot of blades have. Maybe not much, but some.

Pirate

If you want to try a nice crosscut blade for $65 Go to HD and pick up a Ridgid Ultimate Polished Finish 90 tooth blade. I got a used one on a ras I bought and am blown away at how smooth it cuts.
said "try" as if you don't like how it cuts, return it. I think you will keep it. I have a few other crosscut blades, that I use for general projects that are not what I call fine work. I keep that blade for the fine work. I hade a burr puzzle that was in a mag, and used Cherry, and didn't even sand the crosscuts. It would have just roughed it up!

Ledhead

I just picked up a Budke (Systimatic) crosscut blade, haven't used it much. any opinions on those blades?

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Dale
Wentzville, MO

Pirate

No opinion, but waiting for yours! Let us know how it performes

garryswf

16Ga,
That is a great looking saw, and probably one of the best for the price. I owned one back in the late 80's and i was very happy with it. When it arrived i started unpacking and putting it together. After that i started the process of adjusting everything. I spent almost two days until i was satisfied with the performance it gave me. I think the next putchase i made for the saw was a forrest blade, best investment i made (not counting the saw purchase). And you might well know that when i installed the new blade i was not happy with the results it gave me, so i started the adjustment process all over again. End result, i could plane and edge a piece of wood for a project, run it through the table saw to get the width i wanted and not have to reedge the board because the cut i had just made on the tablesaw was as smooth as a babys bottom, no kerf marks left by the blade. One other thing, the tech support and factory service i received from Grizzly was fantastic. Good Luck and happy saw dust making. Oh, later on i purchased a beismeier (bad spelling) fence for it also.