mcallister 250mm slide saw

Sparkpea

bought one of these a few years back for the little wood work I'd do but I'm looking for a diamond blade for it for cutting pvc.

can't find the manual and don't want to take the blade out at the moment, does anyone know off the top of their head what bore it is? its a 250mm blade I know that but its the inside hole I'm not sure about.

also were would be a good place to get a cheap blade? ebay?

just looking to make life a bit easier and quicker as I'm doing a bit more pvc work now more than usual

Buford T Justice

Sparkpea wrote: »

bought one of these a few years back for the little wood work I'd do but I'm looking for a diamond blade for it for cutting pvc.

can't find the manual and don't want to take the blade out at the moment, does anyone know off the top of their head what bore it is? its a 250mm blade I know that but its the inside hole I'm not sure about.

also were would be a good place to get a cheap blade? ebay?

just looking to make life a bit easier and quicker as I'm doing a bit more pvc work now more than usual

Diamond blades can be expensive. Why do you need to use a diamond one instead of one for metal?

Sparkpea

its what was recommended to me just, would a fine metal blade do the same job?

the one thats in it now is for wood obv and cuts pvc to shiot cos its too coarse so I'm just looking something that will be a clean cut

Buford T Justice

Diamond might well be the way to go then. Generally when you buy a blade for a bench saw they come with shims and spacers to suite the bore of your saw

Carlow52

Call City Saw or Carbide tools and ask them what is the right blade u need.

You wont be able to horse the pvc through like timber so if u get the right blade with lots of teeth and keep the feed rate down then it will work

Sparkpea

ended up using a diamond blade on a wee grinder just today did the job well, got the blade few months ago cheap on ebay to test with some tiles but only made use of it today, prob the cheapest option in future