Review on D1080N Diablo 10 Inch Non Ferrous PermaShield by Zachary Pete

This is a good blade, but there is a learning curve when attempting to carve a T-slot out of 3060 aluminum with basic woodworking equipment. The main problem is to get a square and flat cut. I wasted a few yards of aluminum before I found a system that worked for me. Use the toughest saw you have. I first tried using a cheap 10" miter saw and couldn't get a square cut no matter what I tried. Eventually I gave up and just used a miter saw to break the extrusion down into rough sections which I transferred to my table saw. A table saw is just a construction saw, but even so, it was several orders of magnitude stiffer and easier to adjust than a miter saw. If you want to bend, there is no other way. So the question arises of compensating for this diffraction and always having the same diffraction. By performing the same bite every time, you can always have the same distraction. I got the best result by removing exactly 1 saw blade width from the end of the extrusion. To make this easier, I cut the extrusion into 2 blade widths with my miter saw, then took it to a table saw and "shaved off" the saw blade width on each end to get them nice and clean to their final length, so the square ends you'll need are that Clamp the profile while you cut the ting. The blade pulls the extrudate back and forth as the alternating teeth encounter different parts of the extruded profile. If you don't attach it to the corner stop you will end up with a cut that looks like a topographical map. Incredibly wavy.4. Use the same amount of cutting wax every time. We return to point 2 - we try to get a constant deviation. Wax helps with cutting, but you must be careful to use the same amount and application of wax so that the "ease" of the cut is always the same and the deflection is always the same. Forget about leveling the saw. Everything bends so much that a square blade doesn't make a straight cut. Instead, just plan to sacrifice some extrusion through trial and error tuning. Make sure you do everything as you would in real life (same material, same tooth size, same lube, same clamp, etc.). Then cut the aluminum profile. Check that there is a square at the cut end of the profile. Adjust the saw slightly and repeat the process until you get a good extrusion result. Shaving the saw blade 1 width each time will not waste too much material.6. Wear real eye protection. I'm not a safety freak, but you get showered with hot aluminum filings and getting them in your eyes isn't fun. In any case. Excellent blade, good for cutting aluminum profiles. Just use cutting wax and figure out how to compensate for your saw's deflection and you will be successful. And if you thought that sawdust was "manly shine". you will study today