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Carbide blade on chop saw??

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 1:35 pm
by melsdad
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?

Brian

Re: Carbide blade on chop saw??

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 2:28 pm
by AKweldshop
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?

Brian
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.

Re: Carbide blade on chop saw??

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 3:05 pm
by melsdad
That's what I figured. thanks!

Brian