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    Best blade for Kapex

    I've had my Kapex for 6 years now with one resharpening and now probably need to either sharpen again or upgrade. What have you fellas found works the best? I have Forrest blades on my SawStop and they have been great.

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    Leitz makes the Festool blades so they are of pretty high quality. Popular Tools, FS Tool, Tenryu, Matsushita among others make Kapex blades. All of the ones I listed are very high quality. It might be important to know where the Festool blade is letting you down or if you simply want to try swimming in another pond.
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    Just have the itch to try something that may be better.

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    Festool's Kapex blades are quite good and also a pretty good value if bought in the 2 pack (60T and 80T blades for $205). At that price of 100/per, I've never been tempted to try blades that cost 1.5x.

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    I know from experience that Oshlun, and Tenryu will not be a step up from, or even with, the factory blade. And I am not a fan of the factory blade either. They all seem to cut just ok. I am afraid to "experiment" with more money.

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    I picked up a Forrest blade for the Kapex and think it is a better blade than the Festool ones, but not by much. A slightly better cut, but all the blades seem to last about the same amount of time before needing to be sharpened.

    My two cents.

    Clint

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    I've read somewhere that the Forrest Chopmaster 80 tooth was a step up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Sutherland View Post
    I've read somewhere that the Forrest Chopmaster 80 tooth was a step up.
    That's the blade that I picked up. Paid About $165 for it in 2012

    Clint

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    I use the Tenryu SL-26072. It makes a very clean cut and is fairly inexpensive compared to the competitors.
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