View Full Version : Which BS blade for MDF
bill walton
04-09-2005, 10:04 AM
Should I use my carbide tipped blade for MDF or will a normal HSS blade be OK. I ask because of the high non-wood content.
TIA
Jim Becker
04-09-2005, 10:13 AM
I wouldn't use my carbide blade on MDF...the abrasive nature is the reasons. I'd use a "throw away" blade with this material. IMHO, of course.
Mark Singer
04-09-2005, 10:17 AM
I have used the carbide blade...it dosn't seem to effect it....probably better not to use it
Tom LaRussa
04-09-2005, 10:20 AM
I wouldn't use my carbide blade on MDF...the abrasive nature is the reasons. I'd use a "throw away" blade with this material. IMHO, of course.
That's what I was thinking, but since I've never had a carbide BS blade I figured I'd wait until somebody who actually knows something spoke up and then jump on board so as to look more knowledgeable than I really am. :D
But seriously, I was thinking that cutting MDF would be a little bit like cutting plastic, since MDF is held together with resins and the like?
Mark Singer
04-09-2005, 10:39 AM
A point of interest is that the Lenox Trimaster is actually a metal cutting blade....us woodworkers just adopted it!
bill walton
04-09-2005, 12:17 PM
throw away it is.
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