"IPE Eater" Circular Sawblades

We spent months trying to find a blade that could perform well in steady cutting of our ultra-hard and ultra-tough Diamond Wood Ipe decking.  When we came up short we only had one option - develop our own blades.

Our customers, be they contractors or handymen, are blown away by our Ipe Eater sawblades.  They cut more cleanly, last longer between sharpening, and have massive ultra-hard teeth that can be sharpened over and over.  Designed and built to handle the hardest wood on the planet, Ipe Eater's cut softer woods like a hot knife through butter.  No matter what wood you're cutting or how demanding your project, you just won't find another blade that cuts cleaner for longer than our incredible Ipe Eater!

These unique blades are custom built for us by a company that specializes in crafting the huge, industrial blades that operate 24 hours a day in sawmills across the continent.  We asked them to take the same approach with Ipe Eater's as they do with their sawmill blades.  The proof is in the pudding - have a look at the size of their 94 Rockwell tungsten carbide teeth (shown below against a competitor's top-end blade):

INTELLIGENT DESIGN THAT REALLY PERFORMS

An incredible amount of engineering went into the tooth design of these blades to ensure clean cuts - not just when freshly sharpened (any blade will do that), but also as the blade wears.

Competitor's high-end blades rely on an alternate top bevel tooth pattern that concentrates all the cutting action on the tiny point at the top of each tooth.  Bearing the brunt of the cutting load, this point dulls very quickly and, no longer sharp enough to pierce, must tear its way through the wood.

Our "triple chip" tooth pattern is unique because, instead of relying on points to pierce, the blade uses edges to shave.  This produces exceptional life because the cutting workload is shared by much more of the tooth's metal (an entire edge instead of just a single point).  Also, the cutting style - shaving vs. piercing -  is less dulling and less reliant on sharpness to produce a clean cut.

 For maximum efficiency, our alternating teeth (one beveled, the next square) shave off the middle, then the corners of the cutting groove.  This unique tooth pattern is displayed in the photo below: