Showerthought: My best build day started with a broken jigsaw blade

I was cutting some tricky curves for a built-in shelf and snapped my last blade. Instead of running to the store, I tried a metal cutting blade I had from an old project. It cut the plywood cleaner than the wood blade ever did. Has anyone else had a tool work better for a job it wasn't made for?

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webb.hannah9d ago

Metal blades for wood are a game changer.

ray_burns9d ago

My buddy tried a bi-metal blade on some old, pitchy pine after seeing @claire_ross61 mention them. He said it went through like butter where his old blade would have just smoked and stuck. He cut a whole stack of that sticky wood and the teeth still looked sharp. It was the first time he finished a big job without stopping to clean pitch off the blade.

claire_ross619d ago

What kind of metal blade was it, like a bi-metal one? I've heard those can handle wood without gumming up as fast. Did you notice it lasting longer than a regular wood blade?