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Diamond Dos and Don'ts
Here’s how to help customers avoid common mistakes so you can get the most out of your blade and saw rentals.
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Diamond blade manufacturers see evidence of their blades getting beat up in different ways. Blades get burned, stuck (and then hit with a hammer), bent and broken. It’s not pretty and it’s not good for business.
Whether a customer is renting a diamond blade or using a diamond blade on a gas-powered saw, electric hand saw, stationary saw or walk-behind saw, a few words of wisdom can help save blades from misuse and abuse. To maximize the life of a blade, educate your customers on blade basics. Give them a list of dos and don’ts so they can avoid making common mistakes.
Many variables impact blade life, which can vary greatly. Key factors impacting blade life include:
The quality of the blade (diamond quality and concentration, and segment bond and width) makes a difference in blade life.
Two blades with the same diameter could have different diamond depths, different amounts of diamond in the blade segment and different segment heights, for example.
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