The sticky note thing made me laugh because I do the exact same thing but mine lives on the side of the fridge with like nine layers of tape on it. My girlfriend thinks I'm nuts but she's the one who ate raw chicken nuggets last month because she guessed 8 minutes at 390. I've got notes for everything now, 360 for 14 on tots, 400 for 10 on mozz sticks with a shake at 5, and one that just says DO NOT TRUST THE FROZEN PIZZA ROLL BOX. The weird part is my handwriting keeps getting worse so half the notes are unreadable and I end up guessing anyway. Kinda defeats the whole point but at least the fries turned out fine.

Did you check the blade date or batch number before you mounted it? I had a run of bad welds last spring, three blades in a row snapped right at the weld within the first few cuts, and the supply house admitted they got a bad shipment from the maker. Now I tap every single blade on the table before it goes on, screwdriver handle, right at the weld, and listen for that ring. A dead thud means it goes back in the box, no questions asked. Ray is right and that trick has saved me more than one trim since I started doing it. Losing a whole packer over a nine dollar blade stings bad, so you have my sympathy there.