The BEST Scroll Saw Blade to Use | The Ultimate Saw Blade Test

There are so many scroll saw blades to choose from that it makes it difficult to know what the differences truly are between the variations. I conducted a test of the most common types of scroll saw blades in order to determine for myself which blade is best.
My test is completely subjective because I’m a human being. Shocking, I know. But as a human, I have to use the blade and interpret the results. All blades were new when I used them. They were installed correctly into the saw. They were used to cut the same pattern on the same material. However, there are always going to be variables to account for when a person is using a blade. If my test resulted in your favorite blade not performing well it does not mean that you are using a bad blade, just like it does not mean I do not know how to use the blade. It simply means that you found the best blade for you on your projects.
--⏱️Timestamps⏱️--
0:00 Scroll Saw Blade Test
01:56 Cutting Wood with Scroll Saw Blades
09:57 Cutting Plywood with Scroll Saw Blades
16:04 Cutting Acrylic with Scroll Saw Blades
23:54 Best Scroll Saw Blade to Use
I tested the blades by cutting 1/4” thick poplar, 1/4" thick plywood, and 1/8” thick acrylic. I used a new blade for each material. The following blades were tested:
• Pegas Reverse skip tooth blade - amzn.to/3CSBeMc
• Pegas Double skip reverse tooth blade - amzn.to/3B5WME2
• Pegas Modified geometry blade - amzn.to/3cFfE3j
• Olson Double tooth blade - amzn.to/3RyI9P1
• Pegas Skip tooth blade - amzn.to/3elmRWs
• Olson Crown tooth blade - amzn.to/3B7hraz
• Olson Precision ground tooth double reverse tooth blade - amzn.to/3cFgIEl
• Pegas Spiral blade - amzn.to/3wMLnGn
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[@Zamboni-0805]

Spiral blades require much experience. A skilled person can make the spiral blade look like childs play. Just because you had trouble with the spiral blade does not mean it's a terrible blade, it means you do not have enough experience.

[@sfspencer1]

Excellent job sir. Very insightful. Thanks so much. S. Spencer

[@farmerinthedell7]

Nice review! Thanks… I like Olson blades too

[@josemiddelhuis6902]

Txs for this test sincerely José

[@TheMoppersmurf]

Man you did a hell of a job! And it has value. Thank you :)

[@NewtonMakesArt]

Very kind of you to say!

[@woodyfriendron]

I have been Scrolling for more than six years, watched heaps of videos on the subject I found this is one of the best videos on this subject iI have seen on KZbin . Ps I disagree on the comment re the spiral blades , I do a lot of Scrolling with this type blade I find these good .

[@williamellis8993]

Interesting experiment, Billy. I don't do that much scroll sawing but if I ever get into it more, I'm going to refer back to this video as a starting point. Bill

[@NewtonMakesArt]

Hopefully it can be of some help to people. I know it certainly helped me by allowing me to experience so many different blades.

[@user-uw7tk7yu5s]

Please introduce the blade for cutting metals, for example, for cutting coins. Thank You

[@JasonTurnage]

Good and fair tests. It seems that the acrylic brought scores down for some of the otherwise good scoring blades. For me I think I'd try to narrow down the best for wood individually and the best for plywood individually (or one that best suits both), and then a separate for acrylic if need be. I pretty much only go with whatever crappy Bosch blades I can pick up at Lowes, which aren't great but they do in a pinch for my infrequent scrollsaw needs. Require a lot of cleanup work though and don't last that long.

[@NewtonMakesArt]

I'd like to do more testing on specific woods that I use often. There are several ways to go about it.

[@brittaneymcgillem3853]

Forgive me if I missed it as I just found your channel, BUT could you try using an old vinyl record and see how that goes ????

[@michaelwillson6847]

First!! Really interesting test there Billy so guessing you'll be sticking with the wild card blade? Can't wait for the next art video. The most bestest and most worstest love it 🤣👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@NewtonMakesArt]

I want to pick up a #5 crown tooth blade and see how it performs. It's hard not to love the quality of cut.

[@michaelwillson6847]

@@NewtonMakesArt yea a must say a went back over that part few times couldn't find fault with it atoll. Just need a blade now and oh yea a scroll saw oh and knowledge of and inspiration no wait s got that. Just need the kit 🤔🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

[@arshadnajar3141]

What size of blades please vedio blades

[@malivekaju1881]

Mainly Olson/Pegas Blades #5 - Spriral tooth #4 and Crown tooth #3

[@karlheinzramminger3998]

😊😊😊

[@jamesrigelman7154]

Great video with insight on dufferebt bkades

[@malivekaju1881]

Very informative for a rookie - have seen several videos on blades and this with the comparison and different goods was very interesting - Thank you very, very much - I might never get the skill to use Spiral blades, so now I know to wait with those :D 🪚🛠🪛✂