Do you use only max blade size in your saw?

[Brian Gumpper]

My saw takes a 12" blade but has a 5/8" arbor so I just use a 10" on it for most things. Works fine except it barely had enough height to rip 8/4 stock.

[Jim Becker]

The downside to using smaller blades is that the tip speed on the smaller cutter is going to be slower. That may not provide the best cut in some circumstances. That said, I use my 10" Forrest blades on my 12" capable sliding table saw...because I can and because I don't want to invest in new tooling right now.

[Mark Kosmowski]

I use 9" - 12" blades on my Delta 33-890 RAS. The one 9" blade was from a good sale.

I want to get a 1/8" kerf combo blade and crosscut blade in 12" for this guy though. I have a nice 12" 1/8" kerf rip blade for it, and changing blade sizes needs lots of hand crank use. I don't mind so much for switching to my special materials blades, but going from rip to crosscut can sometimes happen several times in a short time and that hand cranking gets old.

[Andy Livingston]

I cut long cedar boards into 1/4 inch strips for a canoe. I used a 7 1/4 inch circular saw blade to save waste. They worked great!