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Take Freud's description as gospel.ripping blade. This blade is great for ripping with the grain. The thin kerf and coating allow it to cut with low resistance on underpowered saws. If you need a general purpose blade, this is not it. It will burn on wide crosscuts and cause tearout.
I was working on an oak project (4/4) and wound up chipping the teeth on my Freud LU87R010 (also a 10" x 24T ATB thin kerf) when I hit a staple. I brought the blade home and swapped it out, cleaning the arbor face and ensuring that the blade surface was clean. Anyone that asks, I will confidently tell them to spend the extra money on a Freud product because you get what you pay for. I figured it was a Freud, in roughly the same price range, so it had to be 1/2 way decent - at least to get me through until I could order another LU87. This blade is definately the exception and it is the first time that I have been disappointed in the quality of a Freud product.
Although it takes more effort to push through and the crosscut produces more breakout due to the chipped teeth, it's still better than the Diable D1024x. The saw marks were so bad that I had to remove 1/16"+ on my jointer before I could get rid of them. I remounted the chipped LU87 and it produced a very clean edge. I'll start by saying that I didn't buy this blade willingly. Boy, was I wrong. Instead of picking up where I left off, I decided to rip a test piece. Most of my tools, from my 12" miter saw to table saw to router, are outfitted with Freud blades because I've found they produce a superior product with superior results. Same thing.
I needed a replacement right away and this blade was the closest thing I could find locally. When I looked at the cut, I figured there had to be something on the arbor or blade that I missed - the blade was wobbling terribly and left horrible saw marks down the entire face. I really think Freud is doing themselves a diservice by putting their name on this, as I don't think it's adequate for ripping 2x4's - especially when you can spend another $5 and buy the LU87 - a much better product. I removed it, inspected it (didn't see anything obvious), cleaned it again, remounted it and ran another test piece.
You can sharpen the LU87R010 more times, because of the large size of carbide teeth it has. I rip a lot of 2 1/4" hardwood and I have ripped thousands of feet of it before I needed the blade to be sharpened. Because it is a thin kerf ATB blade it will try to follow the grain on thick hardwood if you push the wood through too fast, but overall it is a good blade. The LU87R010 is just a more professional blade. For the money though the Freud LU87R010 is a better blade.
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