Well today i was going to pick up a few tools that my boss had bought from a small automotive shop that was closing. Upon my arrival and while l had been loading up tools i noticed a 10" Kalamazoo cold saw over in the corner. Any ways i ask if it was for sale and sure enough the guy said ill take 500 for it but the blade needs sharpened i sad help me load it up I will post pics up tomorrow i left it at work because i drove my car in and it didnt fit in the hatch lol

 

nice dude, is that a good saw? We have a nice pneumatic bailiegh coldsaw. I cant imagine life without it.

We pay 36 bucks to get the blade sharpened

 

yes it is about 2800 new it is nice because it is a benchtop model and and it is a manual saw

 

i've gotten some pretty sweet deals like that too. my vertical saw only cost me $100. they are over $3k new. it costs me more for 3 replacement blades than what i paid for it!

 

where is the cheapest place to get cold saw blades i used to deal with scotchman years ago and they were reasonable who does everyone else use

 

Recently our old shop had a $14,000 Hydmech bandsaw sold at auction for only $3500.

It's surprising the deals you can find right now since manufacturing took such a hit.

I'd look into Enco and Fastenal for the blades.

 

Scotchman has the worst prices for blades & sharpening. We use a local sharpening place that gets us new 14" blades for about $120 sharpened to our spec's. Average resharpening cost is about $12. If they have to retooth it's about $20. I resharpen about 50 blades at a time, so our rates may be reflective of bulk sharpening.

The best way to get blades is to buy used cold saws. When I bought our adige ts-71b, I got roughly 300 blades with it for free.

 

who would the local place be?

 

I get my coldsaw blades from Nap Gladu. They have a location in Quebec, Canada and Indiana, USA which is convenient for both parties. I bought 4 blades form them recently and they were $131.56 each which was the best deal I have found so far on coldsaw blades. Im very satisfied with the quality of the blades. They can make them to your specs too.