Lent out my TSC55 and now this...

[Fest_fool]

...He tried to rip some 40-50mm English oak with the 48T blade and told me the saw was struggling and the batteries were dying very fast. Blade returned looking like a cooked marshmallow :'( Is this salvageable in your opinion?

 

[ear3]

Lol, no good deed...  Try cleaning it up with some blade cleaner and then test it.  If that doesn't work, then pack it off to the saw resharpener.

 

[TwelvebyTwenty]

I have seen worse come back to practically looking brand new, with the right amount of elbow grease and a good blade cleaner.

EDIT: I'd personally be more worried about undue wear on the motor and reduced overall life than a consumable blade. I'd put that particular friend into the 'zero mechanical sympathy' zone and black list from loaning tools in the future.

 

[AlexThePalex]

You just need to clean it.

 

[Cheese]

After cleaning the blade, look closely at each tooth for any chipped carbide inserts.

 

[MikeGE]

It's not blue, so it is likely okay.
One of my former workmates asked to borrow my cordless Bosch circular saw for a weekend home project.  I gave him the saw with several blades and two extra batteries.  I told him the saw had a crosscut blade on it, but if he was going to rip timber, he needed to change blades.
When he brought the saw back to me the following Monday, he was not happy and told me the saw was a piece of crap.  He tried ripping a few pieces of construction timber, but gave up and used a hand saw.  When I asked if he changed to the rip blade, he said he had and opened the box to show me it still had the ripping blade on it.  I noticed immediately that he put the ripping blade on backwards.  He bought a new ripping blade to replace the blade he turned blue.

 

[Vtshopdog]

Mike- I agree with your pal that the saw is a piece of junk, if it were a decent piece of kit it would have a flashing “blade installed backwards” warning light...

 

[Fest_fool]

Haha great responses fellas! Appreciate the info, what does everyone use for blade cleaner? I’ve used simple great diluted for my miter saw with semi decent results.

 

[Cheese]

Haha great responses fellas! Appreciate the info, what does everyone use for blade cleaner? I’ve used simple great diluted for my miter saw with semi decent results.

Do a search on this forum for a previous very thorough thread on blade cleaning chemicals/methods.

Use CMT, Simple Green and oven cleaner as key search words.

 

[Jiggy Joiner]

First lesson I ever learned from my Dad and my first boss, never lend tools out, even to friends.
At first I didn’t heed the advice. After getting a jig saw back that I lent to a friend of my wife’s husband, sole plate bent, casing cracked. A cordless drill returned to me that smelled of burnt electrics and stopped working a few days later, I did learn.

Apart from one of my sons, nobody touches my personal tools.

The blade should clean up fine, just hope he’s not damaged the saw.

 

[sancho57]

First lesson I ever learned from my Dad and my first boss, never lend tools out, even to friends.
At first I didn’t heed the advice. After getting a jig saw back that I lent to a friend of my wife’s husband, sole plate bent, casing cracked. A cordless drill returned to me that smelled of burnt electrics and stopped working a few days later, I did learn.

Apart from one of my sons, nobody touches my personal tools.

The blade should clean up fine, just hope he’s not damaged the saw.

+1

 

[xedos]

Fes_fool - you need to get better friends.

If I were to loan out my good gear (which I don't anymore)  it would come back with a new blade, box of paper, ect.... at the least.  And often with a bottle of 'Merican whiskey too.

Simple Green is not advised for cleaning carbide blades.    If you want an inexpensive cleaner, try L A totally awesome from the dollar store.  It has been recommended by a Freud rep as approved on one of the forums.

 

[Cheese]

Simple Green is not advised for cleaning carbide blades.    If you want an inexpensive cleaner, try L A totally awesome from the dollar store.  It has been recommended by a Freud rep as approved on one of the forums.

Simple Green has a product that is recommended for carbide blades, however the common green stuff in a bottle is not recommended because it can attack the binder in the brazing.

 

[tallgrass]

never lend your tools out. I actually have what I call my "bitch" bag. It is a duffel bag of crappy tools that I do not care about. If a friend wants to barrow a tool, I tell them to look in the bitch bag. If it is not in there , they can not barrow it.   Lending tools is not a good idea.

 

[threesixright]

Oopsie!

The Moral.

Don’t borrow your tools, car and wife [big grin]. Nothing good will come from that.

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[RKA]

Simple Green is not advised for cleaning carbide blades.    If you want an inexpensive cleaner, try L A totally awesome from the dollar store.  It has been recommended by a Freud rep as approved on one of the forums.

Simple Green has a product that is recommended for carbide blades, however the common green stuff in a bottle is not recommended because it can attack the binder in the brazing.

Here is the simple green product cheese is referring to:
https://simplegreen.com/cleaning-tips/rooms/garage/saw-blades/

 

[vkumar]

Also do not use oven cleaner. The Sodium/Potassium Hydroxide attacks the brazing of the carbide bits.  Use simple green product recommended for saw blades or the Dollar Store product.

 

[xedos]

Simple Green is not advised for cleaning carbide blades.    If you want an inexpensive cleaner, try L A totally awesome from the dollar store.  It has been recommended by a Freud rep as approved on one of the forums.

Simple Green has a product that is recommended for carbide blades, however the common green stuff in a bottle is not recommended because it can attack the binder in the brazing.

Here is the simple green product cheese is referring to:
https://simplegreen.com/cleaning-tips/rooms/garage/saw-blades/

Um.................Ok       

Who stocks that version ?  How does the cost compare to say,  CMT's dedicated cleaner ?   

I'm pretty sure there's a Dollar Tree near you.

 

[pixelated]

In the product description linked from the above Simple Green link, there are sources listed. They show  Home Depot, Ace Hardware and Sherwin Williams. The specific product is “Simple Green Pro HD”.

It seems that sodium hydroxide contained in oven cleaners attacks the binder in carbide and the brazing. Good stuff to know.

 

[Bob D.]

So the Simple Green in the Purple bottle.  [big grin]

Makes sense.

Biggest problem will be in today's climate cleaners of any type are hard to come by.