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I have this blade installed on my Grizzly 1023s. The edges look as though they were sanded the cut is so smooth. The quality of cut is incredible compared to blades in the $30-$50 dollar range that I have used before. I have used in on pine, ash and birch plywood and it cuts each without difficulty and no split out.
I was reluctant to spend the money 18 years ago when I first bought this blade. I now see it as one of the very best investments I have ever made in tools.
All exelent blades. I have probably over the 57 years into wood working never used as fine as the FORREST 10" Woodworker II saw blade. This is the best blade bare none on the market today. I will owne or use no other. I also have the Forrest 8" dado King and the Forrest 12" 60 tooth miter saw blade.
I have used many different blades on this saw over the years (freud thin, Dewalt woodworker, etc etc) and this is the best blade I have ever used for this type of saw. It makes a very clean cut in both cross cuts and rips. I highly recommend this blade for ALL portable saws and any saw with less then 1 1/2 hp. I have had this blade for a few months now and have used it to cut over 400 bd ft of hardwood (mostly walnut) with a Bosch 4000 portable Job-site table saw. The thin kerf is perfect for under powered saws. This blade excels at cutting hardwoods and is worth the higher price. Now for my 3 hp Jet TS I use a full kerf blade (forrest is great as is the freud fusion) because the thicker metal is more stable and leaves a cleaner cut.
Although it's a thin kerf 3/64" compare to 1/8" of original Bosch blade, the carbide teeth is at least 2x bigger. I don't see it's affect the cut quality. I buy this woodworker II 10" 40 tooth 3/64" kerf & dampener on Amazon.comI cut & rip softwood & hardwood. Just wonder why it's like that on brand new blade.
The cut is a lot smoother with this blade comparing to Bosch blade shipped w/ 4000-09 table saw.Price range is around $70-100. You can resharpen this blade several times.The joint between carbide teeth and the steel is kind of rusty when I receive it. The teeth is protected by vinyl during S&H. I may send email to Forrest to ask why.
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