Negative hook blades on tablesaw???

[DaveO]

Are there any issues with using a negative hook blade on a TS. I know the benefits of using them on a RAS or SCMS, but would those benefits be liabilities on a TS????
Just a question I've been pondering over and I thought I would see what the NCWW brain-trust had to say about it :icon_thum

Dave

 

[Mike Davis]

You planning to cut aluminum plate on your table saw?

 

[junquecol]

My DeWalt melamine blade has a negative hook, and triple chip teeth. I also have some B&D industrial blades that were originally designed to cut aluminum, but I have used them for years to cut plywood.

 

[DaveO]

SO basically you're saying there is no problem and as an added bonus they are good for cutting aluminum.
Thanks for the info :icon_thum

Dave

 

[Gotcha6]

BITD when you could afford to buy REAL aluminum roofing, we'd just turn a regular blade around backwards in the saw. It kept the blades from gumming up on the soft metal. I suppose a negative hook would do the same thing. Cant' say as I've ever seen one, though.

 

[JimD]

My inexpensive Freud stack dado set may be a negative angle. It helps to keep the feed rate down which helps my little Ryobi BT3100 table saw not get bogged down.

Jim