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[Mike P]

STEEL CUTTING BLADE FOR CIRCULAR SAW

Still plugging away on the new house. Right now we're in the process of getting the carport put up. In the process we needed for make a 1" spacer plate for one of the legs. A friend donated a piece of 1" mild steel plate and mentioned that he had used a carbide tipped blade on a circular saw when he had cut it in the past.

I had originally planned on using the torch to cut the plate down but figured what the heck and picked up a blade at Lowes.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/LENOX-7-1-4...ade/1000612741

I bolted it up to my old Skill Circular Saw. Color me impressed....... it was defiantly quicker than using the torch and gave a nice clean edge that didn't require any clean up. All together I made about 3 feet worth of cuts getting the plate trimmed up and the blade is still sharp.

I don't work with thick pate much anymore but this was sure worth the investment for me and thought I'd pass it on.



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