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Save your money and look at the Freuds when it is time to buy saw blades.Rickf178 Sometimes you may think the more you pay the better the product but in saw blades that is not always true. I have paid major bucks for a high priced saw blade, want mention name here, but the Freud blades are less expense and do a markably better job cutting that the more expense blade.I just had to try the big buck blade one time and it does not mesaure up to the Freud blades I have.
Seems a good value. And it doesn't splinter cross grain plywood badly. This blade replaced a 24 tooth exclusive rip blade (Freud also, in the same price range). I can tell no significant difference in the quality and effort needed to rip maple.
It performed as expected. Nice blade. Some wood is very expensive. This is a finishing blade and I might try a thinner blade with the same number of teeth as my next purchase. As expected very smooth cut. The cost is that it removes a lot of wood.
It is very impressive for a $30 blade. Freud blade cut with less vibration and less feed pressure than the WWII. I was not impressed- the WW blade left very subtle tooth marks (on the same saw and set up mind you) that were visible when holding the cut towards a light. This is a Triple Chip blade according to the Freud catalog. The WW required much more feed pressure and vibrated pretty bad when cutting. You're not going to believe this, but.
After about 2 years of casual use, it started to leave a fuzzy edge so I bought the WWII to replace it. While I was not impressed with the $100bWWII, I can recommend this LU82M010 blade all day long. I bought this blade in 2004 on sale to replace the OEM blade that came on my Table Saw. I cleaned the pitch off the Freud with a brass brush and blade cleaner, and it was back to normal. I also notice that the picture of this blade does not show the laser cut anti-vibration slots my blade has (the long s-shaped cuts). This blade made perfectly smooth cuts on Oak, Cherry and Cedar without so much as a tooth mark: cross cut or rip cut.
Not drastic, but subtle.
Several of Freud's other general purpose blades crosscut better, rip more efficiently, have faster feedrates, and are generally more versatile. I just can't find an application that gives this blade any advantages over others in my shop. .master of none. Being that it's full kerf, it also bogs the motor on my saw more than many others. I much prefer the LU86, LU88, and even the LU84. This blade has all the great aspects of a typical Freud blade - quality carbide, well built, anti-vibration slots, lifetime warranty, etc. It does alot of things reasonably well, but isn't particular strong in any regard, other than the TCG teeth are more durable than other grinds.
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