Blade for cutting nails on table saw

[Bernie Kopfer]

I have a situation that I need to cut dozen 16 ga nails in a length of 3/4 wood. Yes I know it will dull a good carbide blade but there must be an alternative. I could use a circular saw with a cheapie blade but I wonder is there a blade made for the table saw that would do the job without having to be resharpened immediately?

[Paul F Franklin]

7 1/4 blades for nail embedded wood are readily available. You might get enough depth of cut with one of those on a tablesaw to do 3/4 stock.... I've not seen larger blades for nail embedded wood.

[johnny means]

I wouldn't worry to much about the cut. Take it slow and use a blade that was headed to the sharpener soon. It's really not that serious.

[Richard Coers]

I wouldn't worry to much about the cut. Take it slow and use a blade that was headed to the sharpener soon. It's really not that serious.
The serious part will be flying carbides and sending sparks inside the table saw and dust lines. Even if you don't run the dust collector, there is still fine dust in the cracks and crevices to catch the hot sparks.

[Bernie Kopfer]

The serious part will be flying carbides and sending sparks inside the table saw and dust lines. Even if you don't run the dust collector, there is still fine dust in the cracks and crevices to catch the hot sparks.

We hear about this danger of hot sparks igniting stuff but does it really happen? Admittedly once is too often but is it something that happens with any sort of frequency in the hobby shop? It might be fodder for another thread but has anybody had this happen personally on the table saw or know positively of someone this has happened to?

[Bruce Wrenn]

[QUOTE=Richard Coers;3075222]The serious part will be flying carbides and sending sparks inside the table saw and dust lines. Even if you don't run the dust collector, there is still fine dust in the cracks and crevices to catch the hot sparks.[/QUOTE

We hear about this danger of hot sparks igniting stuff but does it really happen? Admittedly once is too often but is it something that happens with any sort of frequency in the hobby shop? It might be fodder for another thread but has anybody had this happen personally on the table saw or know positively of someone this has happened to?


Why not use a pair of bolt cutters? If you have the hand strength, try a pair of Kliens. AKA, lineman's pliers. I once had a concrete contractor who cut 6 X 6 #10 rewire with a pair of Kliens, why us mere mortals used bolt cutters. He used them one handed.

[Bruce Wrenn]

Another option. Drive them in almost all the way into a 2 X 4, on the 1 1/2" face. Using a 7 1/4" nail cutting blade, rip 2 X 4 to get desired length on nails. No flying pieces as they are embedded into the 2 X 4. Pull the needed nails out of 2 X 4.

[Lee Schierer]

I have a situation that I need to cut dozen 16 ga nails in a length of 3/4 wood.

That's what Sawzall blades are for. Or Bosch Bi-metal blades for your jig saw.

[Richard Coers]

[QUOTE=Richard Coers;3075222]The serious part will be flying carbides and sending sparks inside the table saw and dust lines. Even if you don't run the dust collector, there is still fine dust in the cracks and crevices to catch the hot sparks.[/QUOTE

We hear about this danger of hot sparks igniting stuff but does it really happen? Admittedly once is too often but is it something that happens with any sort of frequency in the hobby shop? It might be fodder for another thread but has anybody had this happen personally on the table saw or know positively of someone this has happened to?
I did, that's why I mention it fairly often. It was at my 2 man business shop though. Ripping MDF strips for a torsion box. Shut the saw off for lunch and smelled smoke when we came back to work. Found a smoldering ball of dust inside the cabinet of the Griggio short slider. If it had started burning with the machinery and dust collector running, it would have gone into the bin inside the shop and it would probably have been a disaster in the middle of the night. We cleaned out the bin and even vacuumed it completely and took all that outside to the dumpster. Put quite a scare in me.