New Hitachi 12" miter saw finally set up, replaced the original equipment 32-tooth blade.
Last year I bought a Lowes close out - a CMT P12096 teflon-coated Alternate Top Bevel (ATB) 12" 96-Tooth for about $13 bucks. Wish I'd bought several.
Here's difference in the cut:
I took the picture with my Aven digital microscope. I used both the built-in ring lights plus some side lighting so that the finish/flatness differences would be obvious. The 96T CMT blade is on the left and the 32-T Hitachi blade is on the right. Its the same piece of wood, ripped in half and folded so they are side by side. I then cut a fraction of an inch off the end of the one on the left to get a different cut surface. Lined up the two faces so they'd be in the camera focus plane. Second picture is a higher resolution photo if you want to blow it up some more.
Last year I bought a Lowes close out - a CMT P12096 teflon-coated Alternate Top Bevel (ATB) 12" 96-Tooth for about $13 bucks. Wish I'd bought several.
Here's difference in the cut:
I took the picture with my Aven digital microscope. I used both the built-in ring lights plus some side lighting so that the finish/flatness differences would be obvious. The 96T CMT blade is on the left and the 32-T Hitachi blade is on the right. Its the same piece of wood, ripped in half and folded so they are side by side. I then cut a fraction of an inch off the end of the one on the left to get a different cut surface. Lined up the two faces so they'd be in the camera focus plane. Second picture is a higher resolution photo if you want to blow it up some more.
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