Recip blades?

[Armeg UK]

Hi TEF, me again picking your brains.
Do you use recip blades?
If so, which ones do you use and what for?
Is it really a case of plunge cutting wood ones for flooring etc. and metal cutting ones for conduit, strut, tray etc.? Or is it a little more complicated than that?
As usual, any information is greatly received and could well be rewarded

Thanks in advance

Phil.

 

[kerching]

Never used a plunge cut, got one but never used it ( assuming you mean the curved tip version )
Bi metal,as I cut a lot on f metal
Also 6/10 TPI for wood.wood also gets cut with whatever blade is in the saw at the time
Nearly always cordless

 

[Sharpend]

Need a good wood saw which doesn’t mind the odd nail or two.
Various tpi depending on what I’m using it for.
If you can also come up with a good blade for Paxolin that would be handy.
Metal blades that don’t go weak at the knees at the sign of metal.

 

[kerching]

The main issue I have is that they only last for a few cuts. Instead of binning them they get saved 'just in case' , eventually you have tub full of knackered blades

 

[roys]

I use a 240V one quite a lot for cutting cutting ridged roofing sheets, if it is the tarry fibre type ones I use a low tpi wood cutting blade, if it is the tin ones then the metal blade goes on.
When I first started using these sheets I struggled at first to get fast reliable cuts and what to use, I tried things like a normal joiners wood saw on the tarry ones, the first half a sheet it was ok then suddenly stopped cutting, looked at the teeth and the tar had formed round and stuck to the teeth making them totally smooth.then I started using the recip saw and it was like a hot knife through butter both on the tarry ones and the metal ones.

 

[Armeg UK]

Great help so far, thanks guys.

Any more for any more?

 

[kerching]

I find that some of the cheaper ones do not hold very well in the 'chuck'
Also,a lot of the metal cutting ones are very easily bent

 

[binky]

Oak blunts blades for a past time, so perhaps a hard wood blade might be good.

 

[Andy™]

blades that flex whilst also going back straight are also a must - often cut something sticking of of steel flush, so sabresaw at an angle compared to whats being cut

and something that doesnt give up and lose its teeth after only a few cuts though some steel

 

[UNG]

I have a cordless recip saw that I use for various cutting jobs, a good multi purpose blade would be useful that can cope with the odd nail or screw without destroying the blade when cutting into stud walls,
When I had to cut out a wall for a rectangular duct recently I did think a masonary blade would be useful
I don't really have a use for a recip plunge cutting blade as a multitool has a little bit more control

 

[kerching]

did think a masonary blade would be useful

They exist, I have some. Handy for cutting thermalite block or removing seams. Made, I think, by Remigrit