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I needed to use my Ridgid Contractor tablesaw (220 volts) alot. No binding, very little burn, the cut was like it was already planed; it was like I was pushing 1/2" pine through the saw. As soon as I started pushing my 1 1/2" thick popular boards through the saw, I knew I made a great choice. I got an order of 660 bf to be ripped, planed and notched into 4 3/4" planks. My blade was good, Freud 60 tooth, but I could tell it wasn't as sharp as I needed. I highly recommend this blade for all purpose ripping of thick hard wood. So I purchased this great blade; two in fact.
I got tired of the thing bogging down when trying to rip 1.25"+ hardwood even with my top-quality combination blade. All and all, I am extremely happy with it. I wasn't getting a perfectly smooth glue-line ripped edge but it was still smooth enough to edge glue them together without any gaps at all. I have a 1.5HP Delta contractor's table saw. I decided to buy a thin kerf dedicated ripping blade, since I've read that it slices right through thick hardwoods. I should've bought one a long time ago. I gave it a try to rip some thick stock to make some cutting boards and it cut though it without any effort at all without any sign of burning.
I have to admit I'm impressed. If I had been blindfolded and handed a piece of wood to rip I would have thought it to be pine or poplar, not hard maple and cherry. I guess I'll get a dedicated crosscut blade and just make the switch every time I change the type of cut. After 30 years this is the first thin kirf blade I've used on my table saw (currently a Delta Contractors Saw). I just ripped some 4/4 hard maple, chery and walnut and I have to admit, I should have bought one of these a long time ago. The contractors saw which had struggeled with 4/4 maple and cherry in the past, with what were good gernal purpose or combination blades 40 & 50 tooth regular kirf, now seemed to have new life. I've always thought a good combination blade was all I needed, well now I'm convinced this is the best blade for my saw for rip cuts. Although I do most cross cutting on my slider unless it is too wide.
I've read about thin kirf blades a number of times but an article I read recently and some 8/4 walnut that seemed to give my contractors saw a heck of a workout convinced me I should give it try. The blades I have used in the past have always been top finishers in saw blade tests from the leading woodworking magazines, so it's not like I've been using cheap junk, and they've always been sharp. I don't see how you can go wrong with this blade. They never cut this good when ripping hardwood, the LU87R010 provided a much better surface and I actually went straight to glue up, something I was never able to do with the other blades.
My 10-inch Craftsman table saw is well-tuned to make clean, accurate cuts, but a recent project required ripping 1 3/4 inch mahogany. I even did some resawing to adjust some wide parts in thickness. It is the Boss blade in my shop. Freud LU87R010 10-Inch 24-Tooth FTG Thin Kerf Ripping Saw Blade with 5/8-Inch Arbor and PermaShield Coating No reservations about the performance of this blade, and the (Amazon) price is much lower than other high-quality blades. It sliced through 3 1/2 inch mahogany like butter.
I only have 110 volt supply in my shop, so any contractor saw will be marginal in power. I was working too hard and getting too much burning with a combo blade. I put it aside and ordered this blade. No more problems.
I just bought a 1 1/2 HP Hitachi hybrid table saw, and while it's great and has a fantastic fence, it's struggled a bit with hardwood ripping, even with my Freud 60 tooth finishing blade on it, so I searched Amazon for a solution and after reading all of the positive reviews, decided to give this blade a shot. Well done Freud. To say that I'm very happy would be an understatement. Wow, what a beautiful blade. I literally just finished installing it on my saw and decided to try it on some 4/4 bloodwood, and it was like a hot knife through butter. Now if I can get them to make blades for my jointer, I'll be in workshop heaven. I'm not much for writing reviews, but this product should be on all "under powered" table saws.
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