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Ray JacksonOrlando, Fl I highly recommend the Hitachi blade for installing Hardie Board. I installed siding on a 2700 sq foot house and a 24x36 out building and the blade was still working great.
Used them on a large Hardie siding job and would use them again. These blades are great: clean cuts, not terribly loud, and durable.
VERY low dust too. Title says it all. If you were siding a whole house or larger addition, you'd probably need two blades though. Long life on blade--I did a three car garage and attached 170 sq ft mudroom on one blade with no real noticeable dulling of blade. Great blades. These things slice through fiber cement siding like a hot knife through butter.
The shears won't ever get you consistent edges and smooth cuts like this (I regretably wasted my money on the PC one). Used on a 12" Bosch SCMS.One other thing, if you are considering following the manufacturer's advice and using a power shears to cut fiber cement instead of a saw blade to minimize dust, save your money, buy a dust mask, and get this blade. Also, use a sharp utility knife blade to do the 'score and snap' method for those cuts the SCMS cannot do -- and get the Malco nippers too. Not much needs to be said. This one delivers what you want in a saw blade; no noticeable vibration, cuts cleanly (top and bottom faces)., and lasts a long time considering you are essentially cutting cement and paper.
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