China - Yes they were purchased from Cookson gold so I believe they are genuine.
Thanks for the advice will be helpful when I make future purchases, didn’t know there were counterfeits out there!
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China - Yes they were purchased from Cookson gold so I believe they are genuine.
Thanks for the advice will be helpful when I make future purchases, didn’t know there were counterfeits out there!
Dennis - not insulted at all, thank you for taking the time to reply - seems the issue is compaction.
from my personal experience, and I am no way expert and suffering not perfect performance in sawing (and my blades break a lot to be honest).....I can say following - I know why :
1) fixing blade in the saw too much or too low tension makes negative effect
2) lubricating but not too much
3) ANGLE of holding saw when cutting thru
4) Pressure
5) change of angle in the process of sawing, sawing has to be consistent
6) Choice of blade for the metal thickness ( maybe you took too fine blade for your metal.)
so check out your way of doing it maybe this will help
Re: #6... I use 4/0 or 2/0 blades on 5mm steel. The guides on how sawblade vs thickness of metal are usually based around having a minimum of 3 teeth in the cut (and you can affect that by tilting the saw forwards too).
I messed around for well over an hour. Then concluded that any repair would not last. considering the replacement is around £12 if I get 10 more years that's not bad, and by then I'll be too decrepit to saw anything anyway.
Department of 'life's too short'
sorry peter