Low-Noise Blades for Circular Saws--Available Anywhere?

[John Stevens]

Check out this article about circular saw blades that reduce sound by approximately 7 decibels (apparently a large reduction, according to the article).
http://www.hvbg.de/e/bia/pra/saegeblaetter/

Does anyone know of any such blades for sale that would fit the Festool circular saws?  In the US?  Thanks in advance for your comments.

Regards,

John

 

[Greg B]

John,

1db is a JND or just noticeable difference, -3db is a reduction by 50% of the sound intensity or energy, -10db is a 50% reduction in the perceived loudness. So, a 7db reduction would sound about 1/3 quieter. Pretty impressive for just a saw blade, I'd say.

GB

 

[Dan Clermont]

Hi John

I can't speak for saw blades which fit the Festool saw but I can tell you my FS Tool blade is much quieter on my Makita miter saw compared to the stock LS1013 Makita blade.  I beleive the reduction is sound has to do with the thicker blade

Dan Clermont

 

[gkeas]

Hi John

I can't speak for saw blades which fit the Festool saw but I can tell you my FS Tool blade is much quieter on my Makita miter saw compared to the stock LS1013 Makita blade.  I beleive the reduction is sound has to do with the thicker blade

Dan Clermont

Having the blade almost completely enclosed is most likely the greatest increase in noise reduction on the Festool TS series.  I had a TS75 and now a 55, and they are SUBSTANTIALLY quieter than the Makita I used before.

 

[John Stevens]

So, a 7db reduction would sound about 1/3 quieter. Pretty impressive for just a saw blade, I'd say.

I think my neighbors would say so, too. 

I'm wondering what a blade like this costs and how much it would cost to pay someone to buy one for me and ship it/bring it to the States.  Anyone traveling to Germany any time soon?

Regards,

John

 

[Tinker]

I don't have any idea about why one blade might be quieter than another.  As a matter of fact, i never have given any thought.  I do know that my table saw makes a whole lot more noise than my ATF 55.  I had thought that with the blade so much more enclosed was the difference in the noise. 

i almost always wear ear muffs when running any saws or routers, but I often don't bother when i need to make only one cut with the ATF and the muffs are at other end of shop.  OTH, if Festool, or anybody, made a quiter blade to work with my ATF and still cut as smooth, I would definitely be interrested. 

Too many years working with noisy machirey without any protection means i hear crickets and cicadas year round. Oh yes, I would much rather listen to a quiet saw blade.
Tinker

 

[Eli]

I don't have any idea about why one blade might be quieter than another. 

some of the blades have variable pitch teeth and laser cut out doowackeys and such.

 

[Tinker]

I don't have any idea about why one blade might be quieter than another. 

some of the blades have variable pitch teeth and laser cut out doowackeys and such.

Eli, did you ever stop to think that you are probably sitting down for evening dinner at same time as I am finishing breakfast.

that explains why you explain an unknown as a "doowackey"  the same as i have aways explained as a "doowhackey for the finnigan pin." I have lots of them.
Tinker

 

[Eli]

There are practically no proper names for Grip equipment. Every single thing is a nickname. So a Cardellini clamp becomes a cardamahootchie, a four inch grip head is a lollipop, a junior adaptor pin is a buttplug. Obviously sometimes the name also hints at the shape! It's so much more fun to watch the new guy try and find something that way. I've spent my twenties working with creaky old grips that came from history where you didn't tell the outsider what something's real name was, because "You always train your replacement".