Kapex blade for aluminum?

[mavrick1903]

What are my options (beyond Festool) for a TCG blade (or other) for cutting aluminum?

 

[Cheese]

Try Amana, CMT, Diablo, Freud, Tenryu or Evolution for starters. I have the Festool blade and it’s really nice.

 

[guybo]

Hi, not a whole of cuts made but oshlun for 65$ has been great, good reviews as well.

 

[Packard]

Almost as important as the blade, aluminum cutting lube will make a significant difference.

In the olden days, they used a white stick that they would call “hog grease”, and it probably was as when my German Shepherd got a whiff of it he went crazy.

I think they use synthetics nowadays. But use something, it makes a difference.

I have no specific recommendations, but take a look here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=aluminum sawing lubricant&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-m

 

[Vtshopdog]

Hi, not a whole of cuts made but oshlun for 65$ has been great, good reviews as well.

I bought oshlun for my TS55 and a second for my Milwaukee M18 miter saw. They both worked great, but I just wanted affordable blades for a single project cutting  80-20 extrusions, aluminum sheets and plate stock.

I use this stuff for blade lube:

Nikx Stikxhttps://www.sherline.com/product/75...nLfc0C72y59TJhWvbGS-EqLg86z7i6jIj#description