>If it is the version with gears you should hear that quite distinctly.
>the gears are (were) louder than the motor on my saw.
>But i think since they use 220V motors they also use the belt version.
Sounds more like a belt version then.
>But to the topic again:
>
>You said you use the diamond blade.
>How rough/smooth is your cut?
>When i used the diamond padsaw blade the cut was quite rough.
>With the carbide blade the cut is almost like polished surface, nice sqare
>and all.
Well, I do not asume the cut's have to be smoth as a baby face :-) so,
to me they are "ok". I tried with carbide blades, but they tend to get
blocked easy hence I switched to the diamond blade.
>I assume you too never tried one of the carbide equipped carpenters blade
>in a big table saw?
No, but I heard that's a good option also.
Markus