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A quality blade for the Popular Woodworking shop will cost between 40 and 60. So when Jim Forrest of Forrest Manufacturing Co. offered us a 120 blade to test I was ready to shoot it down before making a single cut because of the premium price. Four years and a lot of board feet of lumber later I understand the difference, and yes, Id spend the extra money. When you add up the benefits (a cleaner saw cut, money saved by going longer between sharpenings, improved safety by not having to force a piece of 8/4 maple through a rip cut), youll probably break even with the price difference, and still have the best blade money can buy. Forrests blades offer a superior cut that leaves a rip-cut saw edge that is as smooth as if it had been sanded, and a cross-cut edge that is almost mark-free. The blades run very quietly, and backside tearout in plywood is negligible. Popular Woodworking - Passed Each blade is virtually hand-made. The plate is hand-tensioned (up to 15 minutes per blade), superior C-4 carbide teeth are hand-brazed to the plate, and the blade is straightened and restraightened multiple times throughout the process. Think of a Forrest blade as a tool in your shop, not an accessory. Forrest stands behind its blades by offering a sharpening service that bring blades back to the exact tolerances offered in a new blade. And this same exacting service is available for other manufacturers blades as well, so they should come back better than new.

 

Address: 457 River Road, Clifton, NJ 07014
Telephone: 973 473 5236
Fax: 973 471 3333
Website: http://www.forrestblades.com/