I've been practicing with some spiral blades. I prefer the #3 to the #5. But I seem to have more trouble securing the spiral blade to the bottom attachment than I do other blades. I'm a top feeder. Any comments from those of you who use these spiral blades.
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I use spirals fairly exclusively and I am a top feeder as well. For me I simply take the bottom clamp off my G4 when changing blades out then reinstalling the clamp once I have my blade secure. I don't know if your saw allows you to do that or not. If not if may be time to become a bottom feeder.Todd
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I'm a lowly bottom feeder, but I do use spiral blades on occasion. Before I clamp one on my saw I usually use some needle nose pliers to flatten the twisted ends of the blade to make them easier to install. I try to make sure they are just about even on both sides so there is no twisting of the blade when I tighten the clamp on it. Before I started doing this I noticed the blade liked to slip out when I tightened the clamp, or sometimes it would pinch in the clamp become weakened enough that it would break after only a few cuts.
Maybe this will help you. If not, then maybe it will help somebody else who is having the same problems I used to.Jim
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G4 Blade Change
Originally posted by RivariI use spirals fairly exclusively and I am a top feeder as well. For me I simply take the bottom clamp off my G4 when changing blades out then reinstalling the clamp once I have my blade secure. I don't know if your saw allows you to do that or not. If not if may be time to become a bottom feeder.Buzz
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Buzz, when I feel a blade has reached it's end life I remove the bottom blade clamp and it is the first blade clamp I put the new blade in. When I am cutting a pattern the only clamp I let loose is the top clamp. Hope that clarifies things. I'm not smoking crack here, perhaps I am not fully putting my words in an understandable format.Todd
Hawk G4, Dremel 1800
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Originally posted by RivariBuzz, when I feel a blade has reached it's end life I remove the bottom blade clamp and it is the first blade clamp I put the new blade in. When I am cutting a pattern the only clamp I let loose is the top clamp. Hope that clarifies things. I'm not smoking crack here, perhaps I am not fully putting my words in an understandable format.Buzz
We Danes are very even tempered. We're always mad about something!
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