Can anyone tell me the part numbers of the two Oldham's Signature saws that was
being demonstrated by TWC in the Woodworking Show?
I am particular interested in that 10" flat top tooth saw blade (I think it is
about 80 teeth). It slices "clean" (twice) into a 4" or 5" oak lumber in a Delta
Contractor saw.
I like to buy it now and forgot the part number.
Thanks
On Wed, 26 May 2004 17:52:43 GMT, patriarch
<<patriarch>[email protected]> wrote:
>I bought a two-pack of these at the Woodworking show from TWC 18 months
>ago. An 80T cross cut, and a 40T combo. Thin kerf, because my saw of the
>moment was/is underpowered. Good blades.
That was exactly what I saw at the demonstration. It slice a piece red oak like
butter. I have a Oldham 40T combo, it is superb for my underpowered Crapsman.
I pay $41 for it and now I need that 80T flat top teeth for dado.
Can you give me the TWC part number for the 80T?
>My local sharpening service did their wizardry, and they're even better
>today than when new. The flag is pretty tattered looking, however.
>
>I keep using them with my sleds, because the sleds were cut with those thin
>kerf blades. My preferred blades today are thicker kerf, less flexible
>blades, recommended and sold by my local sharpening service, made by FS
>Tools. Of course, I now have the saw to power them properly.
>
>The Signature Premier Oldhams, however, are excellent products. IIRC, $150
>for the pair at the show, plus sales taxes, etc.
>
>Patriarch
On Wed, 26 May 2004 21:10:39 GMT, patriarch
<<patriarch>[email protected]> wrote:
>The part number on the blades is long gone, if it was painted...
Thanks anyway.
>I had a 60T blade ground for square top by my sharpening service, one of
>the FS Tools blades. Used for joinery operations, like corner splines on
>boxes, it works really well, and is exactly .125". The Oldham 80T is a thin
>kerf.
Did it not included in the packing one FREE resharpening cert. and a blade
dampener/stabilizer?
>I use a Freud SD208 stacked dado set, $90 at either Borg. Worked well even
>in the Shopsmith, as long as I got the featherboards right, and took it
>slowly enough.
>
>Call TWC. They'll know what they were showing...
>
>Patriarch
Thanks again, hope someone would drop by with the part number or I'll call them.
"mttt" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
> "WD" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>> I like to buy it now and forgot the part number.
>
> Last time I looked (about 6-9 months ago) there were two flavors of
> the Signature line. The less expensive ones (<$50USD) were available
> at Lowes, Sears, etc. The ones demonstrated @ TWC (and the 40 tooth
> one reviewed and rated highly by FWW) was exclusive to TWC.
>
> The better ones were called the "Signature Premier Series", IIRC, and
> had an American Flag screened on the plate. Like this:
> http://www.thewoodworkerschoice.com/detail.asp?product_id=0754
I bought a two-pack of these at the Woodworking show from TWC 18 months
ago. An 80T cross cut, and a 40T combo. Thin kerf, because my saw of the
moment was/is underpowered. Good blades.
My local sharpening service did their wizardry, and they're even better
today than when new. The flag is pretty tattered looking, however.
I keep using them with my sleds, because the sleds were cut with those thin
kerf blades. My preferred blades today are thicker kerf, less flexible
blades, recommended and sold by my local sharpening service, made by FS
Tools. Of course, I now have the saw to power them properly.
The Signature Premier Oldhams, however, are excellent products. IIRC, $150
for the pair at the show, plus sales taxes, etc.
Patriarch
WD <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> On Wed, 26 May 2004 17:52:43 GMT, patriarch
> <<patriarch>[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I bought a two-pack of these at the Woodworking show from TWC 18
>>months ago. An 80T cross cut, and a 40T combo. Thin kerf, because my
>>saw of the moment was/is underpowered. Good blades.
>
> That was exactly what I saw at the demonstration. It slice a piece red
> oak like butter. I have a Oldham 40T combo, it is superb for my
> underpowered Crapsman. I pay $41 for it and now I need that 80T flat
> top teeth for dado.
>
> Can you give me the TWC part number for the 80T?
>
The part number on the blades is long gone, if it was painted...
I had a 60T blade ground for square top by my sharpening service, one of
the FS Tools blades. Used for joinery operations, like corner splines on
boxes, it works really well, and is exactly .125". The Oldham 80T is a thin
kerf.
I use a Freud SD208 stacked dado set, $90 at either Borg. Worked well even
in the Shopsmith, as long as I got the featherboards right, and took it
slowly enough.
Call TWC. They'll know what they were showing...
Patriarch
WD <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> On Wed, 26 May 2004 21:10:39 GMT, patriarch
> <<patriarch>[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>I had a 60T blade ground for square top by my sharpening service, one
>>of the FS Tools blades. Used for joinery operations, like corner
>>splines on boxes, it works really well, and is exactly .125". The
>>Oldham 80T is a thin kerf.
>
> Did it not included in the packing one FREE resharpening cert. and a
> blade dampener/stabilizer?
>
My local service sharpens really well, locally, for about the cost of
packaging and sending a saw blade away, and I know they do excellent work.
I'd just as soon pay the local guy as send more of my money to UPS or
FedEx.
Several folks I respect have indicated that the dampner/stabilizer included
was of no added value on my new, real cabinet saw. I leave it off now.
(Not intending to start any sort of discussion on that topic, however.)
Just my way of doing things. May not be right. There are certainly other
ways of doing things, and I'll likely try a few of them as time goes on....
Patriarch
"WD" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> I like to buy it now and forgot the part number.
Last time I looked (about 6-9 months ago) there were two flavors of the
Signature line. The less expensive ones (<$50USD) were available at Lowes,
Sears, etc. The ones demonstrated @ TWC (and the 40 tooth one reviewed and
rated highly by FWW) was exclusive to TWC.
The better ones were called the "Signature Premier Series", IIRC, and had an
American Flag screened on the plate. Like this:
http://www.thewoodworkerschoice.com/detail.asp?product_id=0754
The less expensive ones looked like this:
http://www.oldham-usa.com/Products/SawMain/Wizzmain.htm
At the Denver shows, they were only demonstrating the Premier blades.
Long winded way of saying: if you buy it from TWC and if it has a flag logo
and if it has the tooth count/config you want - then chances are high it's
the one you saw at the show.