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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.
Even though it was only half-inch goods I was cutting Chinese Birch which has a soft veneer on top and ultra smooth. It left no rough edges. It is a great blade and I can't believe the price considering it is a Freud.I used to be just satisfied with the old Craftsman blades I had and just sanded he hell out of the mistakes but that is not necessary anymore. Very little burn and no residue. I purchased the LU87 and just used it recently and couldn't believe how quiet and smooth it cut. No chips. How do they do it. It is thin kerf also since I have less then 3hp saw.
This blade has lived up to its reputation of ripping cleanly and ripping easily 3 inches of walnut on a 2 HP cabinet saw without any bogging down and only a minimum of burn.
This blade perfomed very well, never losing it's sharpness. He was right. Now I have this Freud installed on a Ridgid R4511 granite top 1 1/2hp tablesaw.what was I doing before without this equipment. Was previously using a Craftsman 3hp direct drive table saw with a 40 tooth blade. That's what the neighbor kid said when he watched us rip sixteen foot long pressure treated 2 x 6s right down the middle. Glad I researched my options because I could have spent just a little less money and been VERY unhappy with the result. Making my life more difficult, that's what. You cannot fail with this blade.
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