Thinnest Kerf Blade on a TS55
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eightball said:
CMT offers a rip blade 271.160.24H, a crosscut blade 272.160.40H, a fine cut off blade 273.160.56H and a composite decking blade 276.160.48H that all have a 1.2 mm plate with a 1.8 mm kerf.
Having said that, Festool now offers a nice selection of 1.8 mm thin kerf blades as does Mafell.
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[member=7315]ianwalls[/member]ianwalls said:
To add to others, keep note that every TS 55 has a riving knife which limits the blade thickness before the saw starts getting "stuck" in the cut by the riving knife.
This means that the thinnest blade that consistently work well is, at most, 0.1mm thinner than the riving knife - which is:
- about 0.20-0.21 mm on TS 55, TS 55 R, so thinnest suitable blade is about 0.20mm
- about 0.16-0.17 mm on TS 55 F, so thinnest suitable blade is about 1.6mm, CMT does have commonly available 1.7/1.1mm blades which have the same 0.3 mm kerf/disc difference hence are fully interchangeable with the 1.8/1.2 Festool blades
Were you to use a saw without a riving knife - e.g. the TSC 55 K - I have a 1.5/1.0 blade *) from a local brand (Pilana), so it is certainly possible to make such. The CMT 1.3 one was also mentioned. I guess that would be 1.3/0.9. Though I would not want to use these blades for general purposes. Find the 1.5/1.0 one too flexible for anything but thin sheet goods.
mino said:
Did you notice that there are thinner riving knives available/supplied with the thinner saw kerf blades!!!
See my posting from June 2010.
So what exactly is the point of your observation? Is it for those who can’t afford/be bothered to change the knife?
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Sometimewoodworker said:
As for that picture of a blade, I was positive (now confirmed) that whatever the piece of metal on it, it was not related to the TS 55 R or F series. Hence with no explanation provided there was no reason to be bothered by it.
Looking at eKat now, it seems like something that could be compatible with the original TS 55 saws => interesting.
EDIT: Sorry, I have only just now noticed this is a master of "thread necro" ... holly ****.
On topic:
The picture on your post seems to be showing a TS 55 (non-R/F) compatible riving knife which has a way simpler design. Please notice I was /possibly incorrectly ?/ assuming the OP has a more current TS 55 R or TS 55 F - not the original TS 55. Either case, I took the care to note the TS 55 versions, so if the OP has indeed the original TS 55 he can be safe in ignoring the part of my post discussing individual saws.
Regardless, nowhere in the thread it was discussed the relationship between the blades and the riving knifes - hence this was IMO worth it to mention for anyone else reading this later, EVEN IF OP was fully aware of it.
I am attaching the ekat pictures to show the TS55 R and TS 55 F are (mutually) incompatible from as far as I can tell.
Hope helps someone, if not the OP:
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So you posted on at TS55 thread and couldn’t be bothered to scroll up 4 posts to see the information. I understand the youngsters need spoon feeding but that is stretching things way too far.mino said:
As to sifting through all posts of everyone in this thread from the 2010-2022. it is one page of 25 posts.
Oh the horror and difficulty of scrolling back 4 posts!!! I feel for your pain [/sarcasm]mino said:
The pain of DAGS and using your fingers [/sarcasm]
That is surprising, why? The thread is about the TS55 the R/F iterations were not even a gleam in the eye of the designers when it was started.mino said:
mino said:
The relationship is self evident for anyone with eyes to see and even a couple of spare brain cells
Since the OP posted the original question in June of 2010 you can be sure that they are unlikely to benefit. Specially since they were Last Active: 08 July 2020- 06:09mino said:
