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Some carry them in the 7 1/4 but none carry a 10 inch blade. They told me they carried the Hitachi blades in a 10" but they cost $100. Which really surprises me considering how popular hardie is these days. Not one of these stores carry Hardie blades. I looked at all the big stores. These hardware stores are missing out on sales. Before I left Milwaukee to move down to Texas I checked a well known store that carried a lot of things most dont. It was a diference of night and day.
Still cutting great and dad still raves about it. He had purchased a blade from a building material supplier for $40 and it was a blade for cutting concrete. Home depot,lowes and ace hardware. So far since this blade we have done 2 houses. I work with and for my dad's building business.I bought the blade along with some gauges and my dad could not believe the difference. It worked but it cut through a lot slower and created a ton of dust. Now I need to order some jig saw blades since I cant seem to find them at any hardware stores as well. I just dont get it.
This stuff isnt good to breath. The dust wasnt that bad from these blades, nothing like a standard carbide blade.
I am just finishing up a house remodel and used this blade to install all of my siding. This blade does a great job by cutting hardiplank siding.
Both did a great job with no complaints. This blade cuts smooth and is still cutting well.
I bought 2 blades, one for my 10" miter saw and a 7 1/4" for my circular saw. I recommend wearing a respirator when cutting this siding.
Definitely a must have if you are installing hardiplank siding.
After about 40 cuts, the noise and dust increased somewhat and the cut lines were not as smooth as the first cut, however, I think this blade could handle another major project. I must say I was really impressed with the first cut. I recommend this product. I was surprised how quite and smooth the cuts were and, as specified by the product description, produced little dust. I probably made a total of 60 cuts on my 10" sliding miter power saw. I would have rated this a 5-star but didn't because I think it's overpriced. I think it should be priced in the $40-$50 range.
This blade, made specifically for cutting fiber cement boards/planks, has lived up to my expectations so far. I use the 7-1/4 only for my circular saw for ripping. I use a Bosch compound miter saw and it literally makes the cut so cleanly, even after hundreds of cuts, that I simply wipe the edge with my hand before nailing the planks up. I've had to make a lot of cuts because of multiple sides, windows etc, and have gone thru several 'certified' Hardie approved (4 tooth) blades, i.e Freud, Irwin, but they DID NOT have PCD (polycrystalline diamond) inserts. If using a compound or chop saw, you will cut thru so fast, with so little dust, for some cuts and having a light breeze to take the dust from you, you'll be tempted to now put the mask on every time. Those blades, while holding up better than a standard carbide blade would, started showing signs of wear after about 30-40 cuts, shooting sparks and such. I'm a homeowner, doing my own re-siding of my home with Hardiboard planks, and I'm only about 2/3 the way done. As promised, and printed on the label of this 10" blade, you can gang together up to 5 planks to cut at one time.and it works flawlessly.
I read about these blades by Hitachi (DeWalt, Makita and others also have them with PCD) and the review/price seemed to make the Hitachi the best value. Good value, doesn't mean cheap.I bought the 7-1/4" and 10" variants of the this Hitachi blade, and have made hundreds of cuts so far, with no signs of degraded cutting ability. No more using a knife to cut away the jagged edges left by poor quality blades.If you're like me, you hate dealing with the dust of cutting fiber cement boards. Not recommended, but a testament to how much less dust these do generate.I'm very happy with this product.
It does cut fiber cement siding crisply and repeatedly. This thing works ok. It is hard to believe it reduces the amount of dust created, as dust is blowing out of the back of the saw as if that were purpose of the operation. My 7" blade cost $6 and this costs $60, they both work equally well. Go figure.
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