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STROM

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Blade size
« on: May 25, 2021, 08:28:12 AM »
Can you use a 14" blade on a Highland Park 18'  saw
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Re: Blade size
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2021, 10:00:54 AM »
Yes. A lot of people use smaller blades if their rough conforms.
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Re: Blade size
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2021, 08:17:06 PM »
If you can get oil to the blade you can.
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Re: Blade size
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2021, 06:56:24 PM »
Thank you fof all the info
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Re: Blade size
« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2021, 03:59:06 AM »
The downside is the amount of extra oil you will have to use to raise the oil level to the proper height on the blade. Of course you can hedge a bit with the old brick displacement trick common to toilet tanks. 
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