Carbide remains sharper longer than plain steel, which makes makes a carbide cutting tool more efficient. Carbide enables blades to cut faster without binding, which reduces load on woodworking machines. Normal-steel cutting tools dull fast.
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What is carbide grit?
For cutting materials too hard, or abrasive or thin for bi-metal blades. Tungsten carbide grains are bonded to the alloy body creating smooth cutting blades that won’t tear thin materials while offering a long life when cutting difficult materials.
What is a Diamond Coated Blade ( Gulleted )
Gulleted blades typically have medium to hard bonds for a range of wet and dry cutting applications. While these diamond saw blades can offer a relatively smooth cut with a fast cutting speed, chipping may still occur. They are durable and have a long blade life compared to other blades.
They are ideal for cutting marble and granite slabs, concrete, asphalt, brick, block, and other building materials.
The spaces of air that separate the diamond segments are called gullets or slots. The slots are there to improve air flow, cutting materials dust, dissipate heat, and remove slurry from the cut, helping to maintain the saw blade’s cutting performance. The size and shape of the gullets vary from blade to blade and will depend on the type of material the blade designed to cut.
How do you know when a diamond blade is done?
If you want to know how to tell if a diamond saw blade is dull, you need to keep an eye on it and check these symptoms:
Unusual vibrations when the saw is turned on.
1. Slow cutting speed when working on an easy material.
2. Obvious signs of warping or damage.
3. Unusual thumping noises when cutting.
Can a diamond blade cut quartz?
Diamond Blades for cutting Engineered Stone such as Quartz
Quartz and engineered stones are both very hard materials to cut, because of quartz density it can only be cut with a diamond blade suitable for hard material.