WWII came in 2nd

I'm not surprised. My WWII 40 tooth combination blade burns a lot. Have been talking to Bob Vandyke, who runs the CT Valley School of WW'ing, and he too is of the opinion that the WWII is not the best blade for general work. I'm seriously thinking of selling mine and going to something else.

-- Bill Rittner R & B ENTERPRISES

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============= Maybe the above comment hit me wrong this morning BUT I find it interesting that you want to sell the WW11 aand buy something else...

Key word is SELL.... just take the darn thing off the saw and replace it with the blade of your choice...why go to the bother of SELLING it... just sounds "cheap"

Bob Griffiths

interesting

Try another cup of coffee. After all, who are you to tell someone what they can or can't do with their money and property? (Unless this is Hillary Clinton's alias...)

Regardless of what you think of your local resaw service, I would suggest that you send the Forrest back to Forrest for resharpening and to re-true the blade. I made the mistake of using my local service to resharpen my Forrest and was not pleased, immediately not pleased with the results. The local is no common service as they use computer controlled sharpening machines that recognize each blade as it is resharpened time after time. Unless your blade runs factory true along with factory sharp, you may not be seeing the true results of what the Forrest can do. That said, there will always be a blade that can do something better than most any other blade.

You are absolutely right! I am cheap.

We all have our own likes and dislikes. Just because I don't like the WWII doesn't mean everybody feels the same way. There just might be a fellow ww'er out there who can't afford a new WWII, but, might be able to afford my used one.

By your thinking I should take it off of my saw and replace it. Then let it sit on the shelf to rust? Seems like a damn waste of a tool to me.

-- Bill Rittner R & B ENTERPRISES

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interesting

It's a $100+ blade, not some $7 framing blade for a circular saw.

I'd sell it as well if I wasn't planning on using it.

Barry

I think compromise is in order. Since Bob thinks it is equal to a $7 framing blade in the way it should be handled and not sold and you think it is a $100+ jewel that should be relished, I have the solution.

I'll pick it up at Bill's house, pay the $7, and promise to treat it like a valued tool for years to come. He can even come visit in if he wants. I'll even make the coffee. Ed snipped-for-privacy@snet.net

You demonstrate true woodworker's problem solving abilities!

Barry

Yes, but as a possible seller, I can't say too much good about his math :-)

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Forrest has a rep for being pretty open. I'd be tempted to zip them off an email - nothing confrontational, nothing accusatory. Just a "Hi - I got these results when I expected something else. Since I've invested $xxx in your product, I'm curious to hear what you think... etc. etc. etc."

Hi All

I have been contacted by Dave a Forrest and we are going to try to figure out what happen. I will let the group know what we figure out.

Chef

Great!!! That's the kind of service after the sale that makes a difference!!!

Perhaps a re-read is in order.

My take on this was that one wouldn't bother going to the trouble of selling a used $7 blade. But selling a used $100 blade might get you a few worthwhile pennies (say, 5000 of them).

Renata

So uh.. you would not bother selling a blade for $7 but you would bother selling one for $5...??????

Better check your math, my friend.

-- Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?

Um sorry.... I am not awake yet.. ;~) $50 would make a big difference... LOL

Do the math again.

Gary

LOL... yeah I caught that just before your post.

Seems like 5000 pennies now compare to 500 pennies in the 60's.

Right!

In fact $50 was exactly what I thought a used WWII might bring.

Barry