Part identification (8" plywood blade?)

[jsburger]

Agree with Mr. Burger! An excess of arbors is a very good thing! I have one for each of my three Shopsmith blades and for my Forrest WWII (although I am so impressed with the Shopsmith blades, I hardly reach for the Forrest anymore). Having each blade already mounted on an arbor means I no longer hesitate to switch to the blade best suited for the job!

I could not agree more.

Now a question. Now that I have a dedicated shop and a Powermatic PM2000 table saw I don't use the SS in table saw mode except for my cross cut sled which stays set up most of the time. I have a full compliment of SS carbide blades. The ones they sold in the 90's. At the time I was working in my garage so the SS was my table saw. The SS blades were great and then I bought a WWII. It almost never left the SS until the dedicated shop and the PM2000. Now the WWII resides on the PM2000.

So the question is, are you comparing the WWII to the new made in Germany SS blades? I am not going to buy the new SS blades since I have the older ones that are perfectly serviceable and work very well.

Yes, I am comparing the WWII to the blades Shopsmith currently sells (which I believe are made in Germany), and which I got new about a year ago.

Now the comparison isn't apples to apples because the Shopsmith blades are thin-kerf and my WWII is a full kerf version, but I really like the Shopsmith blades. I think you'd be hard pressed to look at a cut made with the Shopsmith blade versus the WWII and say the WWII was better. The Shopsmith blades certainly are much less expensive, however!

Just two nights ago I was cutting up a 54" long x 6.5" wide x 8/4" thick board of white oak. I used the Shopsmith cross cut blade to cut the board in half and then switched to the Shopsmith ripping blade and ripped the halves into thirds. The cuts were absolutely flawless. No burning at all and silky smooth edges!

Interesting stuff Al. Nice to hear from someone that has both and can give an honest comparison.

OOps, I forgot to ask. Power Pro?

[algale]

Interesting stuff Al. Nice to hear from someone that has both and can give an honest comparison.

OOps, I forgot to ask. Power Pro?

Nope. Just a Mark V 520 with the regular 1-1/8 hp motor.

[jsburger]

Interesting stuff Al. Nice to hear from someone that has both and can give an honest comparison.

OOps, I forgot to ask. Power Pro?

Nope. Just a Mark V 520 with the regular 1-1/8 hp motor.

OK, I would expect that.

[reubenjames]

Did a quick count in the shop tonight--I think I have 4 of the 1.25" and 3 of the 5/8" saw arbors, not counting dado arbors, etc. Wish I had that many saw blades worth a darn!