You might want to take a look at Freud and Oldham Signature Series
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). Less $ than WWII and cut real fine.
Renata
And walk up to a piece of hickory...
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>On Friday I am purchasing a new blade, I can and will spend the money
>for a Forrest WWII if it is the correct blade for me. Here is what I
>will be cutting for a while:
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>9 ply 1/2" birch plywood (making cabinets and drawers)
>1" MDF for a child's bed (might be a backhoe, might be?)
>Plain American Cherry (not the extra dense brazzilian type)
>Some red Alder
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>next few months I will make some more exotic type furniture out of
>much harder woods, perhaps Hickory and Mesquite.
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>The saw will see realitively light duty in reality, and other items
>I'm going to purchase would suffer for the WWII if necessary. I do
>not have a RAS saw, but do have a small miter saw for some
>crosscutting, but larger cross cuts will be done on the table saw with
>a sled I will make soon.
>
>I also do not have a jointer, I hope to find a reasonable deal on a
>jointer plane and will try my hand at that for a while rather than
>invest in another piece of equipment.
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>Items coming up
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>V link belt
>Router Razier for TR12 I have mounted in the cutout
>1/4" upcut spiral router bit
>Machined pullies
>blade stabilizers