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What size saw blade do I need?

With so many saw blade options and materials to use them on, its no wonder you need a little help.

We've put together the table below to try to give you a better idea of what saw blades are best for your job:

Saw Blade

Blade Thickness

Blade Width

Blade Length

Teeth

Corresponding

Suitable Metal

Specification

(mm)

(mm)

(mm)

per cm

Drill Size (mm)

Gauge (mm)

Grade 4

0.38

0.8

130

15

0.8

1.0 – 1.3

Grade 3

0.36

0.74

130

16

0.8

0.9 – 1.2

Grade 2

0.34

0.7

130

17.5

0.7

0.9 – 1.1

Grade 1

0.3

0.63

130

19

0.7

0.8 – 1.0

Grade 0 (1/0)

0.28

0.58

130

20.5

0.6

0.6 – 0.95

Grade 2/0

0.26

0.52

130

22

0.55

0.6 – 0.8

Grade 3/0

0.24

0.48

130

23.5

0.5

0.6 – 0.7

Grade 4/0

0.22

0.44

130

26.5

0.5

0.5 – 0.6

Grade 5/0

0.2

0.4

130

28

0.4

0.4 – 0.55

Grade 6/0

0.18

0.35

130

32

0.4

0.35 – 0.5

Grade 8/0

0.17

0.3

130

30

0.3

Up to 0.4