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Review on Enhance Performance with POWERTEC 13197 πŸ’ͺ TPI Band Blades – Unleash Precision Cutting Power! by Justin Pavelko

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Stopped cutting almost immediately

I have the blade on .1875" (3/16) thick 6061 T6 Aluminum used I know it's a little thick for a 24 TPI blade but it should have worked fine at a reduced blade speed (18 to 14 recommended).. After 6" of cut I stopped the saw and checked the teeth .Many of them were rounded, some had aluminum stuck to the surface.Not enough teeth to clear chips and prevent overheating.I was expecting some clogging, but I wasn't expecting the teeth to regain their sharpness in less than 2 Losing minutes completely I could run my bare finger along the cutting edge without scratching my skin I've used several similarly sloped blades in the past nds to cut thicker aluminum sheets. This one has failed completely and made no progress. le cut less than 8 inches. That's a lousy blade. It should have zero stars.

Pros
  • Application: Flexible hard edge carbon blade works great on hardwoods, softwoods, plastics and plus nonferrous metals
Cons
  • Some insects