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Carbide blade on chop saw??
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So I have a porter cable 14" abrasive cut off saw. Can I simply change the blade to Carbide or are those saws different in some way?

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melsdad wrote:So I have a porter cable 14" abrasive cut off saw. Can I simply change the blade to Carbide or are those saws different in some way?

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You will ruin the $100+ blade in about 3 cuts.
Your saw is over 3500rpm, the dry cut saws that the carbide blades are to go on, run around 1400-1800rpm.
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That's what I figured. thanks!

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