This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. Tired of having the smoke detectors go off every time you fire up your table or miter saw? Do your cut edges look like a scorched splinter army, ready to attack your dainty digits? Making cuts with a dull blade takes more time and energy, and leaves you with a raggedy-looking finished product. If you’re tired of choking on the smoke from your dull blade burning its way through another chunk of lumber, here’s a chance to get decked out in Red – and save a little green. A single Diablo D1244X 12” 44-tooth general purpose blade sells for $35, but right now you can get a two pack, aka the Diablo D124444VP, for $55. Read More
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Steel Demon – Near Shear Perfection With Diablo’s Devilish Metal Muncher
This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. I’ve always whipped out a hack saw or angle grinder and abrasive disc when I wanted to cut some metal. Or, for thin sheet stock, the trusty old tin snips. A few years ago I got my first carbide-toothed metal-cutting miter saw blade. We’ve all heard about how fragile carbide teeth are, so it might be a surprise that such a thing even exists. Yet here we are; cutting steel with the Diablo Steel Demon cermet carbide-toothed blade. On a circular saw, no less! For a new favorite way to cut mild and stainless steel, we reverently say “hell-o” to this heavenly red devil! Read More
