Undercut Saw Blade, 6-1/2" Diameter - Replacement for Crain #821 - Compatible with Crain Undercut Saw #812, #820 and #825 - Carbide Teeth

just as advertised

Buena compra

So far, nothing to dislike. The cost was reasonable and the cut is smooth. In addition to the fine cut blade, I used the rip blade to saw thick hard maple. Cut like a hot knife through warm butter.

Not as great as the Crain but at half the cost you get almost as long of use .

Works as it should

I ordered this saw blade to replace the blade that came with my new miter saw. That blade had seen only light duty cutting door trim for three doors, but it had fewer teeth than the Caliastro. I expected 32 teeth to offer a smoother cut than the original blade. The Caliastro blade took 7 days to arrive on my doorstep in a soft package envelope. Inside the envelope, the blade was stored in an undamaged carboard container in which the blade was further enclosed in a transparent plastic bag. A soft plastic strip wrapped around the teeth of the blade so that each tooth was covered by the plastic protector. More on that in a moment. The new blade appeared to be sturdy and well-made. I removed the old blade from my miter saw and set it aside. I then installed the new Caliastro blade on the saw. It fit perfectly. I plugged in the saw, positioned a 2X4 fir stud, turned on the saw, and sliced through the 2X4. The cut was smooth, and the saw easily passed through the wood. Pleased with what I saw, I unplugged the saw, and started to put stuff away. I decided to store my old saw blade in the Caliastro packaging to help preserve it. I began by attempting to wrap the old blade's teeth with the strip of plastic. About halfway around, I encountered what I though was a piece of staple embedded in the plastic strip. I pulled the strip off and attempted to remove the staple. To my surprise, it was not a staple. It was a carbide tooth from a saw blade. I reopened my miter saw and slowly turned the blade. Sure enough, the Calistro blade was missing a carbide tooth. The tooth had come off cleanly and not broken. Fortunately, in came off in the plastic strip before I ever installed it on the saw. If it had not been embedded in the plastic, I likely never would have noticed it was missing from the blade. I had a momentary vision of the tooth flying off when it hit the wood for the first time. I shall be removing the Calistro blade from my miter saw because now I'm worried about quality control because I had seen no damages to the packaging to suggest that the blade was damaged in transit. I've decided not to give the Calistro a 1 star rating because other than the detached carbide tooth, the blade appears to be well-made, And other reviewers have apparently not had the problem I had. Statistics suggests to me that the product could be good in general with only a few manufacturing defects out of thousands, and perhaps I got the lemon. I understand that mechanical objects get old and break, but this was a new blade. However, the possibility of a loose tooth fresh from the factory worries me. Nonetheless, I'll give them the benefit of my doubts with 3 stars rather than 2.

Replaced my old blade with one of these. Cut seasoned oak like a hot knife through butter. Very Nice!

Good quality product at a very competitive price… I received 2 blades for the usual price of 1.