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    Inspecting Sharpened Saw Blades(Page)

    Everyone knows about the guy who shows up at your shop and promises you something “just as good” for “a lot less money”.   With cheap equipment, sloppy work and a lack of knowledge a “saw...

    CSM Saw Steel(Page)

    The steel in a saw blank must be high quality, machined, heat-treated and handled properly. There are two grades of steel most generally used in plates. These are plain carbon steel and nickel alloy...

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    Tungsten Carbide Tips(Page)

    Save on Carbide Saw Tips, Stump grinder Teeth and STB blanks. Choose from many different sizes and grades or get a quote for a custom.   Click here to check out our online selection...

    CSM Carbide(Page)

    There are numerous large books written on carbide, but we intend to discuss those things that should be the most important to you. The carbide industry manufactures several hundred grades of...

    Tungsten Carbide Properties(Page)

    From the book Building Superior Brazed Tools     Buy the Book

    Cracked Saw Tips on a Finished Saw Blade(Page)

    A customer wrote to us for an analysis on cracked saw tips on a finished saw blade.  We gave our analysis based on what we saw from the saw tips they sent us.  For more information on when...

    Making A Really Good Saw Blade(Page)

    A good saw blade is whatever the customer likes. Here is what I like: 1.  Personally I think the very best saw blades come from a very few, really top-end custom shops.  2.  In this...

    Tungsten Carbide Grades(Page)

    From the book Building Superior Brazed Tools  Buy the Book  There is no comprehensive comparison of tungsten carbide between and among tungsten carbide suppli

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    Cermet Definition(Page)

    Cermets are any metal based (and / or metal bonded) ceramic although definitions differ.   Ordinary tungsten carbide is a cermet.  Through translation errors cermet has come to mean...

    Machine Coolant Cleaning Systems(Page)

    Machine Coolant Cleaning Systems  Contaminated machine coolant are directly responsible for 70% to 90% of machine tool wear and failure.  A filter system that removes contaminants as they...

    Cobalt as a Carbide Binder(Page)

    Why Cobalt is the Prefered Binder Although nickel and various alloys are used in modern grades, cobalt is still most common. 

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    World's Best Saw Blades - Letter From The President(Page)

    World's Best™ Saw Blades A classic American story of guts over brains    This started in the 1980's when I was reading machining magazines and the results they were getting with ceramics...

    Quality Specifications for Saw Tips(Page)

    Quality Specifications for Tungsten Carbide Saw Tips  From the book Building Superior Brazed Tools   

    Steel Saw Plate(Page)

    Ideally saw steel would stay flat no matter how thin it was.  It would also resist the repetitive stress of entering and leaving the cut as well as any impact stresses caused by hitting...