thank you all for the unitended responses to such a benign topiic..simply a blade stacked next to other 12′ blades,comes up short..3/4″ short..no engineering degree required..some hollow,dimwitted minds still think Laying down the crown is the ONLY way to cut crown..I was offered a Free lesson in this method..I was to be enlightened and come out of the dark ages..I have a 8 1/2 ” hitachi slider that I take to the job sites that is mabey 20 yrs. old and I do use that way (laying down),if need be..but compared to all the crown jigs on the market today that old method is stone age ..ANY WAY YOU GET THE CORRECT RESULTS IS THE BEST WAY..before sliders and chop saws were available we used stanley miter boxs and there was no bevel feature(laying down the crown)..so some really clever people put the bottom of the crown against the fence,swung the blade for the correct mitre,placed a block with the complementing spring angle betwen the fence and crown,cut the piece and the rest is history..ANYONE who thinks those boys were in the dark ages is pretty much an idiot..side note:most of the young (40+) boys on site love using the smaller hitachi..
and yes,I do have other 12″ blades so the saw is not idle..it is used mostly for face frames (1 1/2 “—2″ ), hardly abused..but on occasion we find the 12” kinda handy
UPS is available of course..but not without cost..and freud didn’t offer an RA..but if one THINKS the solution will present itself..and it did..the people I am working for were going to a town with a HD ..they took the blade back and exchanged it for 2,Avanti blades …each 12″..go figure..2 for 1…I HAVE NO IDEA how they cut but the reviews were positive..done..
and yes I do have other freud blade..3 for the unisaw (10′)..and a couple for the skil saw..and a freud stack dado (6″)
done..I can’t imagine what the comments would have been if the topic was meaningful.??
pilgrim
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...no engineering degree required...
Of course you know that is not true, how else to verify that your scale is certified to NTSA (or whatever NBS is nowadays) and that the other blades are not simply oversized and pose a safety hazard.
You need a registered professional eng. to certify your claims.
I is sure Mark will agree <G>
anyway, thanks for the update and resolution .