Silver said:
ohiosteve said:
Callmefence how do you deglaze an abrasive blade? The only way I know is to cut a thin piece of stock that is standing up perpendicular to the blade. It seems like the cheaper blades definitely glaze up faster than the expensive ones
Might not be the correct way but I always just take a piece of flat thin-ish bar, get the blade spinning, let off the trigger and tap the edge of the flat bar against the cutting edge while the blade is still spinning.
Haha, that's what I do also, I was just wondering if there was any other way.
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We just pick up on the saw while starting a cut and kinda slap the blade against the pipe. Do it on nearly every cut. With a little practice you never break stride. You just develop a feel for how hard to hit it.
You can tell when the blade is starting to glaze.
As your Sparks get smaller and less of them.
Then it starts cutting slow and most people just push harder. Deglazing as soon as you see the sparks starting to change makes all the difference in the world.