Specifications

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Since most jobs begin with cutting your stock
to size, having the right blade is important.
Blade buyers should consider ... 1. Cut
quality
2. Cutting efficiency 3. Blade durability.
Cut Quality – Although Combination blades
deliver excellent cuts in most situations, there
are compromises. The best cuts are produced
by job-specific blades. If you’re doing a lot of
continuous ripping, use a Rip blade. If you’re
frequently switching between ripping and
crosscutting, a slight trade-off in cut quality
will buy you back a lot in blade-changing time.
With carbide-tipped blades, cut quality
is also determined by tooth grind. Here, an
alternate top bevel grind severs the fibers
cleanly like a knife without tearing.
When ripping, a flat top ground tooth will
chisel the wood away very efficiently and
cleanly as it moves quickly through the wood.
Hollow-Ground blades produce some of
the smoothest cuts. They’re thinner near their
centers and have teeth with no set. So, even
though this allows them to make a very clean
cut, they shouldn’t be used for general sizing,
as saw kerfs are more likely to close when
using them, pinching the Blade.
Cutting Efficiency – The configuration of
teeth versus gullets and the thickness of the
blade help determine how efficiently it cuts.
Ripping’s large chip size requires deep
gullets that remove lots of waste, quickly. So,
most of the space is consumed by gullets,
leaving less space available for teeth.
Smooth crosscuts make fine dust, so more
teeth and shallower gullets produce the best
results.
And, since thicker blades consume more
horsepower during the cutting process than
thinner blades, it stands to reason that Thin
Kerf Blades will pass through the stock with
less effort while making the cut.
Blade Durability – With periodic cleaning
and proper care, carbide-toothed blades will
remain sharper (for considerably longer) than
their steel-toothed counterparts.
This is particularly true if you cut a lot of
extremely hard domestic or exotic woods ... or
composite materials like MDF, particleboard,
hardboard or laminates. Steel toothed blades
just won’t cut it (for long) with these materials!
On the whole, carbide-toothed blades are
the best all-around blade value ... delivering
the optimal combination of performance
and durability.
Shopsmith’s 10˝ Steel and Carbide-Tipped Saw Blades
AB C
Carbide Photo Teeth/ Tooth Part
/ Steel Purpose Letter Blade Grind Number Price
Carbide Combo A 50 AB/FT * 555958 $60.47
Carbide Rip B 24 FT 555959 $55.11
Carbide Crosscut C 60 AB 555960 $71.70
* 40 Alternate Bevel Grind and 10 Flat Top Grind † 5/8 Saw Blade Arbors have short shafts that will not accommodate Dado Blades
Specialty Sawing Package provide versatility at a nice savings
Shopsmith Saw Arbors
Having all of your
Blades mounted on
Arbors and ready to
go to work saves time
and effort when making Blade changes.
Model 500 Arbors
505511
1
1
/4˝ Blade Arbor
$31.99
555321 5/8˝ Blade Arbor †
$31.99
Models 505, 510, 520 Arbors
555130
1
1
/4˝ Blade Arbor
$31.99
555608
5/8˝ Blade Arbor †
$31.99
Carbide-Tip Specialty Package
Includes our Carbide-Tipped
Combination Blade (555958),
Carbide Rip Blade (555959),
Carbide Crosscut Blade (555960)
and three 1
1
/4˝ Saw Blade Arbors.
Long handled Arbor Wrench
keeps hands away from sharp
Blade teeth during changes
Saw Blades
Shopsmith offers both steel and Carbide-Tipped
Saw Blades to suit a variety of applications.
Each Blade has been manufactured to the high-
est standards to ensure the best performance.
NOTE: All 10˝ Shopsmith Saw Blades require
a 1
1
/
4
˝ Shopsmith Saw Blade Arbor. All
Carbide-Tipped Shopsmith Blades are thin
kerf (3/32˝ blades).
Includes wrenches for 1
1
/4˝, 5/8˝ and 1/2 ˝
Shopsmith Arbors.
515979
13˝ Arbor Wrench
$16.69
Good results begin with a good
Saw Blade Basics
YOU SAVE $37.30
556037
Carbide-Tip Specialty Pkg.
$245.95
For Models 505, 510 & 520
556036
Carbide-Tip Specialty Pkg.
$245.95
For Model 500