Hey All
I just heard from Jason that my WWII is defective and unsharpenable. He told me that the rake angle was almost reversed. They are going to give me a full refund. Now I have to decide what to do with my ~$100.
Chef
Buy 2 Freuds.
You could get a Forrest WWII
I guess I should talk to them as well as I've had a WWII that I've not been happy with. Always burns on rip cuts even on soft woods like poplar.
I wonder how you could reverse the rake angle?
Gary
Uhm, buy another ww2? I like mine. SH
Tell them NO rebate refund. You want TWO new blades. That is a pretty bad screw-up.
Oh, the saw blade...from the subject line I thought the French had surrendered again! :)
"Master Chef Richard Campbell" wrote in news:c8vqb.13535$ snipped-for-privacy@newssrv26.news.prodigy.com:
That's about right. Based on my experience, they're worth about half of what a WWII is.
todd
I agree! They'd probably rather give you two blades than the cash anyway. It keeps you as a customer and you end up with a better deal than you started with (to offset your hassles). Seems like a better win-win deal than getting your money back.
If it's WRONG, why not try one that's made correctly?
Barry
Care to give advice for how I can get this popcorn dislodged from the inside of my nose?
At least I didn't spill my drink. Lucky for you.
And they cost half as much, so that works out perfectly. At least you get what you pay for with both of them.
Actually, they only cost about a third as much. You can use one while the other's being sharpened and still have enough left for a bottle of Bushmills Single Malt.
Plus the chance to sharpen two blade rather than 1. ;-) SH
much. Which would be fine except that they also cut about half as well, IMO.
todd
First of all, I'd like you to define "half as well". If the WWII produces a mirror smooth finish, what's your Freud produce that you define "half as good" - rough sawn lumber? Or are you one of those that tries to get your wood cut to a precision within millionths of an inch?
How many pro shops use WWII's (I know of at least four medium to approaching large that don't, personally)? Fascinating that they (pros) could increase their time and quality by a fairly small investment, but don't.
My point is that if you're tighter on money, I'm not sure the investment in the WWII is worth it. If you got more than you know what to do with, by all means blow it on the WWII.
And last but not least, the Oldham Signature Series produces a damn fine cut that is mirror smooth - and costs a tad more than 1/2 that of the WWII (or did when I got mine about a year or so ago).
Renata
smart, not dumb for email
Me? Hell no. If it's only off by 1/32" I consider myself lucky, but my saw and fence are both seriously crappy. I doubt I could get the most out of a WWII either, and I'm not prepared to spend the cash to see if it would even be a better performer.
My Freud (TK960, thin kerf, I think 40 tpi) makes cuts that need a couple of light passes with a smoothing plane to clean up. Light saw marks mostly. Sometimes decidedly heavy saw marks, but much of that probably comes down to slop in the saw.
I define "half as well" as "not nearly as well". The WWII, which came with the saw when I bought it used, just plain cut smoother than the Freud I bought when the WWII needed sharpening. Like I said, this was IMO. YMMV. As for the production shops, maybe they have other interests than producing smooth cuts. Maybe what a Freud does is "good enough".
todd
I'm, of course, not referring to shops producing IKEA's stuff. Custom made and "custom" priced. ;-)
Have you tried, or seen the results from the Freud glue line blades?
Renata
smart, not dumb for email
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Sorry about that. From now on I'll try to give fair warning....
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