Carbide Tip Wear
Traditionally a machining operation ran the hardest carbide grade it could in order to get the longest tool life. If the grade started chipping or breaking then the operation backed off into a tougher grade. A tougher grade meant larger … Continue…
Cleaning saw blades
There are thousands of grades of carbide, so discussing the properties of carbide is like discussing the properties of wood. Some grades of carbide may have certain properties that are not present in other grades of carbide. This is why there … Continue…
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How to Choose a Saw
While adding a new line of hand saws to our online store, I ran across an article about how to choose a saw. It had some handy little tips, and some good information about what to look for when choosing … Continue…
Silky Saws are here!
We are happy to announce that we have just added a new line of hand saws… Silky Saws! We pride ourselves on the fact that we only sell tools on our site that the boss himself either owns or really … Continue…
Popcorn Carbide
Popcorn carbide- this was a really neat affect caused by a great amount of heat over an unknown period of time (but I’d guess it to be a fairly long time). This piece of carbide was actually once a carbide tip that fell of … Continue…
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Carbide Grades
The C designations for grades of Carbide was developed by the US Army and Buick during WWII. The original concept was to rate tungsten carbide according to the job it could do. If you had a specific job or application … Continue…
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How To Remove a Splinter
First I would like to stress the importance of wearing gloves, safety glasses and proper safety equipment at all times. This will greatly reduce your exposure to injuries, and splinters. But even with proper safety precausions, everyone from my 5 year old son to my grandfather working … Continue…
Saw Blade for Cutting Plywood
You often get better results with plywood when you use tools, such as saw blades and router bits, designed especially for plywood rather than tools deigned for wood. In the industrial world plywood is often considered as being highly … Continue…
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