Forrest STIF05 5-Inch, Great Blade Accessory!
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Great Blade Accessory!
I use this with my Forrest Woodworker II blade in my Jet 5hp table saw. It makes an already great blade work fantastic. The only thing you have to watch is that it does diminish your depth of cut on the table saw. I still have over 2″ of cut which is satisfactory for most of my applications. If I need to go deeper, I just take it off.
Update (5/17/2012): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen.
The featured review for this product, Forrest STIF05 5-Inch Saw Blade Dampener and Stiffener with 5/8-Inch Arbor Tools & Hardware, was written by Al the Pal.
The average rating for this item is out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.
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Posted on: March 11, 2010
Filed under: Reviews
Reviews (3)
Bob Feeser
January 27th, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Puts an end to blade wobble
I am currently using this on my table saw. It lays up against the side of your blade, and helps to keep it true. Once in awhile I need to make a deeper cut, and it can get in the way for those cuts. I made some passes 2 1/2″ deep and the edge of the Forrest stiffner stopped the piece. It is the first time I have had a problem with that. Initially I installed this stiffner on a Sears Radial Arm saw because I was getting a good deal of wobble with it. Oddly enough, when I tried mounting a blade, then testing the trueness, only to loosen the nut, spin the blade slightly to a new seat, then retighten, and after a few tries, I hit it right, and the wobble disappeared. So whenever I replace a blade on that saw, I tweak it until it is right. Oddly enough, it runs so true when I do that, that I moved the Forrest over to the table saw. I mated this stiffner up to the Forrest Woodworker II on my table saw, and I am getting cuts so smooth, you don’t even have to sand the edge. It is finish quality perfectly smooth. (The Incra TSIII-32 table saw fence helps, giving me a true exact paralell line with the blade.) So get the stiffner, make sure your fence is perfectly true, and you can forget about having to make your cuts a little bit oversized and having to finish up the edge on the jointer. Highly recommended. The Forrest name is synonymous with the best in quality.
Al the Pal
February 5th, 2010 at 10:46 am
Great Blade Accessory!
Rated 5 stars.
G. kelley
March 6th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
A worthy addition to a great blade
I was skeptical of any added benefit that a stabilizer would add to my Woodworker II blade - it cuts great by itself. I bought the stiffener as an “insurance policy” - similar to another reviewer.I immediately noticed a difference - a ring that the blade made when I used a zero tolerance insert dissapeared when I added the stiffener. Clearly some vibration was removed and some incidental contact with the insert was prevented. It it too early to say if this will clearly make a difference in a ripped board, but any reduced vibration is a good thing in my book.I gave this 4 stars only due to the price - I don’t see a justification for the price. I think this could be offered less expensively or offered (at a discount) with the blade in a package.
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