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Snoopy1

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acerc

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Those look nice but it’s hard to eat the cost of one for me. What size blade does it use and what is the kerf of the blade.
I am using the 4" blades, the two carbide's have a kerf of .055 and the fine cut is .04. I had been looking at one for a number of years and thought maybe one day. Mostly because of the cost, but I will honestly say if I had any idea it was this well built and precise I would not have waited.
 

Snoopy1

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I am using the 4" blades, the two carbide's have a kerf of .055 and the fine cut is .04. I had been looking at one for a number of years and thought maybe one day. Mostly because of the cost, but I will honestly say if I had any idea it was this well built and precise I would not have waited.

@acerc have you looked at Byrne’s little disc sander. There is very little info around on the unit. The problem I think is that it is not variable speed if it was I would have already had one.
 

acerc

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@acerc have you looked at Byrne’s little disc sander. There is very little info around on the unit. The problem I think is that it is not variable speed if it was I would have already had one.
No I have not, not for a disk sander, I'll stick with the cheapo's on that. But I am considering the thickness sander though.
 
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acerc

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Less than 1/16” kerf. Wow that’s impressive. Won’t eat up too much extra material when using it.
That is the only thing that did not surprise me as I use 4" blades on other tool's. On the 3" blades, which are for much finer cutting, the kerf gets much smaller. For example the 3" 110 tooth has a kerf of .02 and .028 for the 224 tooth, that makes for some seriously nice plank ripping abilities.
 
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