Was looking at the Freud rip blades and have two options, the red Perma-SHIELD® coating or Silver ICE™ coating. The Red is 15 bucks more, what's difference? Based on price I am guessing the Red is better but not sure how, if the width of the cutters is wider than the blade, how does the wood rub up against the coating.
http://www.hartvilletool.com/product/12765
Thnx...Steve
Bought some QS white oak from Scott yesterday. Today I was using my TS55 to get a good edge and the internal mechanism to prevent overheating kicked in twice so I had to buy a Rip blade and now it goes through it like butter. Well, same thing is happening to my Unisaw now. I have been using the woodworker II but almost exclusively on ply and mdf so I never really paid much attention to saw blade types. On the few occasions when I had to cut Ash and QS RO, it went through it with no problems. I cleaned the blade and it helped a little but I am pretty sure I need to get a decent rip blade for dimensioning.
http://www.hartvilletool.com/product/12765
Thnx...Steve
Bought some QS white oak from Scott yesterday. Today I was using my TS55 to get a good edge and the internal mechanism to prevent overheating kicked in twice so I had to buy a Rip blade and now it goes through it like butter. Well, same thing is happening to my Unisaw now. I have been using the woodworker II but almost exclusively on ply and mdf so I never really paid much attention to saw blade types. On the few occasions when I had to cut Ash and QS RO, it went through it with no problems. I cleaned the blade and it helped a little but I am pretty sure I need to get a decent rip blade for dimensioning.