Answers
One question, one straight answer
24 questions, each on its own page, each answered in a few hundred words rather than buried at the bottom of a listicle. Where the honest answer is "your blade is blunt", it says so.
Blades & bits
Which blade, which cutter, which grit — and why the wrong one burns.
- Are cheap saw blades ever worth buying?
- Are non-stick coated saw blades worth it?
- Can a saw blade be out of balance?
- Can I cut green or wet wood with a normal saw blade?
- Can a carbide saw blade be resharpened?
- Can I replace the bearing on a router bit?
- Is it safe to use a reducer ring on a saw blade?
- Can I cut aluminum with a wood blade?
- Can I use a panel raising bit in a handheld router?
- Can router bits be sharpened?
- Does the backing of sandpaper matter?
- How do I clean resin off a saw blade?
- How do I know when a saw blade is blunt?
- How do I spot a counterfeit router bit?
- How flat is a saw blade supposed to be?
- How long should a router bit last?
- How long should a sanding disc last?
- How many teeth should a ripping blade have?
- How many times can a saw blade be resharpened?
- How should I store router bits?
- How should I store saw blades?
- Is a thin kerf saw blade worth it?
- Is it worth buying a boxed router bit set?
- Should I buy 1/4" or 1/2" shank router bits?