Trend psb/165 40 tooth trimsaw blade, any good?

[blackrodd]

I need to cut several bare face tenons from 8"x 1" rails on my T. top saw bench, for a job I am doing.
Not being able to lower the 200 mm freud blade enough, I have bought, as above, a 165mm Trend 40 tooth trimsaw blade, which, hopefully, will do the job.
Delivery is on Tuesday, so I don't know whether wait or go and buy something else.
Has any one used these thin kerf scoring blades?
What do you use for scoring tenon shoulders?
TIA Regards Rodders

 

[blackrodd]

This arrived in the post, 1.5mm kerf and cuts shoulders nice and clean.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400864313068? ... EBIDX%3AIT

Should anybody be in the same boat in trying to cut clean across the grain.
Regards Rodders

 

[custard]

What do you use for scoring tenon shoulders?

ATB teeth give the cleanest cross grain cut but leave a little ridge that if left can stop the shoulders closing up properly, a swipe with a shoulder plane sorts it out but it's a faff if you've lots to do. There are some ATB blades with intermittent raker teeth, these should be ideal for tenons, but the ones I've seen set the raker teeth a whisker lower than the ATB teeth, so you still get the ridge. I've not had much luck with thin kerf blades, maybe because they're primarily designed to ease the battery load on cordless saws, rather than deliver the smoothest cuts, the thinner plate can introduce some wobble and deflection that a thicker plate could resist. I've tried a few different dado blades and they're certainly quick, but the shoulder isn't always as clean as I'd like.

Personally if I've just a few tenons to cut, I use a fine, sharp ATB blade for the shoulders, rough out the cheeks with a bandsaw, then finish the cheeks on a router table with a sliding table. If I've got lots to do then I set up the spindle moulder! Actually I should use the spindle moulder even for smaller runs, a morticing machine rarely places the mortice in the very centre of the stile, and with twin cutter blocks you can just rase and lower the spindle to perfectly match the mortice location, referencing everything from the face sides. Often times I'll spend longer on tenon clean up than if I'd just cracked on and set up the spindle moulder in the first place.

Good luck!

 

[blackrodd]

Thanks for the reply, I must admit, I've not looked very closely at the cut, just the clean shoulder.
Now I have had to drop that job for another.
When I get back to it, I'll have a butchers and see what you mean.
Thanks for the heads up.
I'm annoyed that having a clearout recently, I heaved stuff out i hadn't used for ages, so no small saw!
Regards Rodders