All right, ladies and gentlemen.... I have a genuine antique circular saw blade in my possession. This rare item was advertised in various magazines (and probably comic books) back in the 1960's. Dad thought it was a good idea at the time, so he sent off his hard-earned dime, and before long his prize appeared in the mailbox. After studying the thing for several years, he decided that his first impression had probably been correct (That it was dangerous.) and so he passed his prize on to me. My impression, fwiw, was much the same as his, but I did take the object off its peg on the wall every now and then, studied it some more, and then put it back. Not having any suicidal tendencies, I never actually mounted it on a skillsaw. Today, while trying to clean up the shop enough to actually MAKE something, I noticed that "IT" was still on the wall, so I took it down for some further study. My opinion, fortunately or otherwise, has not changed!

     

This is "IT"!  If I remember correctly, when mounted on a hand-held circular saw it was capable of cutting all sorts of curves, circles, arcs or what-have-yous. It WAS made in the USA, so i assume it was top-quality. My question to any and all of you is two-fold:

     1   Have you ever tried one out? And

     2  Did you survive?

And if anyone would like to own this priceless piece of woodworking history, I'll gladly pass it on, and I will even pay the postage!

 

I have not, but I do remember that being advertised as doing curves and so on. I'd keep it, might make a good conversation starter (or small boat anchor). I'll bet the cut going around around the curves was a really rough one.

Edited October 1, 2025Oct 1 by Fred W. Hargis Jr

Looks almost as much fun as using the Craftsman 3 cutter molding head on a radial arm saw!

2 hours ago, lew said:

Looks almost as much fun as using the Craftsman 3 cutter molding head on a radial arm saw!

Now THAT I've done! Made a lot of trivets using ceramic tiles with wood mouldings around them. Managed to pay my rent when the factory folded.

3 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

Now THAT I've done! Made a lot of trivets using ceramic tiles with wood mouldings around them. Managed to pay my rent when the factory folded.

Confession is good for the soul.  I have two of the Craftsman mounding cutters with several cutters.  Used it but scares the bejabbers out of me.  That saw blade was designed by the Marquises de Sade

1 hour ago, Ron Dudelston said:

 That saw blade was designed by the Marquises de Sade

So... would you like to try it out? 

1 hour ago, HARO50 said:

So... would you like to try it out? 

Nope, I’m good.

I have three of the molding head cutters and most of the cutter blades, and two of them state "only for use with a RAS".

 

I bought one of the triangle blades in the mid 80s' , did not work as advertised - hard stop. 

"Here, hold my beer."

 

 

Danggit...I want to order one!

Mama told me not to listen to you guys, that you're nothing but trouble and someone was going to get hurt

4 hours ago, kmealy said:

"Here, hold my beer."

Don Mills, Ontario??? That's just down the road from me!

2 hours ago, frenchwwr said:

Mama told me not to listen to you guys, that you're nothing but trouble and someone was going to get hurt

But did you watch the video? It makes it look so...... SAFE!

I vaguely remember that blade. Downright scary concept but never actually saw one.  Now the RAS moulder head I did own along with the Craftsman RAS and both were downright scary. Let’s see… what other scary tools have we owned ?

Paul

Best advice I can give John is clean it up, order a clock kit, turn it in to a clock and keep it as a wall hanger then post it every Halloween.

I could hang it on the front door this Halloween. It might scare the bad ghouls away! 🎃😈

I believe I still have the Craftsman molding cutters that I used on the table saw hanging around somewhere in the shop. Using them was very scarry. There were 4 cutters mounted in an 8" blade.

Edited October 3, 2025Oct 3 by Al B

20 hours ago, HARO50 said:

But did you watch the video? It makes it look so...... SAFE!

I personally liked the old TV with VHF and UHF tuner knobs.

1 hour ago, Ron Dudelston said:

I personally liked the old TV with VHF and UHF tuner knobs.

And those vertical and horizontal knobs plus smacking the TV once in a while felt good too🤣