Hi all .I think I just had a brilliant idea,well brilliant for me.I was going through a fair amount of blades on my latest project & thought I might try to get some more life out of the blades seeing you use only a 3/4" section of the blade I cut 3/4" off the blade with a pair of side cutters & remounted the blade after backing off the tension Knob at the rear of the saw & bingo it works just fine ,twice the life out of a blade.I am also including some pictures of my new workshop ,it is small but I feel like a king in his castle