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I don't have time to watch the video, so can you explain what the benefit is to a demolition saw blade?
A demolition blade is made to cut both wood and metal. It has hardened teeth. So, you can use the demolition blade in a circular saw and "safely" cut wood with nails in it. If you are breaking down pallets or working with reclaimed lumber, using a circular saw, the demolition blade in the saw will be able to cut through any nails that might be in the wood.
A wood blade is only meant to cut wood, and if you hit a nail, you will damage or destroy your blade. A metal blade is meant to cut metal, and gums up when you try to cut through wood. Saw blades can be very expensive. Using a $12.00 demolition blade, like the Hercules saw blade from Harbor Freight, to work with your pallet wood or reclaimed lumber is one way to save yourself money in expensive blade replacements.
I uploaded that post because I am working with boards that might have nails in them, and I needed to cut those boards. I don't want to use my expensive wood saw blades which would be damaged/destroyed if it hit any nails. I was passing along info I found online and thought some other people on this thread might be interested in those items.
So, I will be buying a demolition blade when I get a discount coupon from Harbor Freight. I also plan on getting a metal scanner wand to detect hidden nails in the lumber, both pallet wood and my stack of reclaimed lumber. Both items are small investments to potentially save $$$ in damages to my equipment and other blades.
That being said, if you are using full pallets or reclaimed wood without any nails in them, then you probably don't need either the demolition saw blade or the metal scanner wand.
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