Saw Blade Inspection Equipment

Function (listed alphabetically)

Recommended Equipment

Back Clearance Angle

Precision protractor

Bolt (Pin) Holes (diameter of holes)

Set of pin gauges, or caliper

Bore

Bore gauge set, Mitutoyo #511-164

Bolt Circle Diameter

6" to 8" dial caliper

Brazing

10 X lens

Concentricity

Test Arbor, Dial Indicator

Diameter (Outside)

Large caliper

Diameter Of Slot Relief Hole

Set of pin gauges or caliper

Face Outset (Carbide)

Dial Caliper

Finish

Surface roughness analyzer (Gould Surfanalyzer #7100)

Flatness

Test Arbor, dial indicator

Gullet Area

Trace gullet on 1/8" graph paper, count the squares that are over 1/2 full,

 

divide the total by 64 to get sq-in.

Gullet Profile

Compare to sample

Hardness

Rockwell Hardness tester ("C" scale for steel, "A" for carbide)

Height Above Back (Carbide)

Dial Caliper 

Hook Angle

Precision Protractor

Kerf

1" C-type micrometer

Length Of (Carbide) Tips

6" Dial Caliper

Pitch

6" Dial Caliper

Radial Clearance Angle

0-1" micrometer w/pointed anvils 

Runout

Test Arbor, dial indicator

Side Clearance

Side Clearance Gauge

Spline

Inside micrometer or caliper, size depends on spline

Tangential Clearance Angle  

0-1" micrometer w/pointed anvils 

Thickness (Saw Plate/Carbide)

1" C-type micrometer Starrett #216 FL-1

Top Clearance Angle

Precision Protractor