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Just find any 10" table saw blade that has the diamond.

I have an old Skil Saw that takes a 7" blade. I had to find a 7" arbor saw blade, and cut the center hole out big enough to make it work. Going from 7 to 7 1/4 doesn't as the standard doesn't seem to make a lot of sense.

I have a vintage 7 1/4 and a vintage 10.

After using either for 30 minutes or so on a framing job you will stick them on a nostalgia shelf and run to Homies to purchase a magnesium frame saw.

Been there, done that.

Yeah. I put mine in the truck bed when it snows for weight to get better traction.

All well and good except for the fact that a new 10 1/4" wormdrive Skil costs $400 and I paid less than what 2 new blades would cost for this beast.

I have been a carpenter for 40 years. Never heard of a 10 inch circular saw.
But, it does appear that you have one. Like someone said, I wouldn't want to wrestle that Beast around for an 8 hour day.

A guy posted a pic of the 16 inch Makita circular saw. I used to have one of those.
I mostly do log building and timber framing and I thought this thing was the cat's meow when I bought it for $340, about 30 years ago. I had to cut a lot of 6 inch thick timbers and this big saw would do it with ease.
Hell of a saw. Only problem you could not get the thing to zero out and make a 90 degree cut. You could get it to about 89 degrees, then, after a few minutes, it would be at 88 degrees. Always had to adjust it and it just did not want to cut at 90 degrees.

Man that thing was a beast when you lit it up! Because of centrifugal force, if you were standing there holding the thing with it running, you could hardly turn around. It was a giant gyroscope.

I had a buddy who owned the local hardware store, he had a sort of tool museum up high on the walls with old time adzes, broad axes etc hanging up there. I donated the Makita to him and he hung it up there on the wall.

The Skil worm drives are awesome saws. They did make a 10", I have an 8" all metal saw. For a right handed person, the worm drive is the only way to go. The blade and cut is right in eyesight, not looking over the side of the saw.

Crossfire... lighten up man. Don't have to get a prick.