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I've been using Dewalt 10" 60 tooth saw blades in my table saw for the last few months. Rough edges were to be expected so I'd planned to tape off the cutline to minimize tearout. I love plywood but I've never had good results cutting it. I heard good things about Freud Diablo blades and decided to spring for the 60 tooth (thinner kerf but otherwise the same specs as the Dewalt blade).
My only regret is not switching to Diablo blades sooner.it would have saved a lot of time, frustration and money. I first ran a test piece without tape and to my surprise there wasn't any tearout. I cut five sheets of the poplar plywood with the same fantastic results. Learn from my mistakes. I'm absolutely in love with this blade and will buy one for my 10" sliding miter as well as a 7.25" for my circular saw. The Dewalt blades cut well for the most part but would always cause a great deal of tearout especially when ripping plywood or crosscutting anything.even white pine.
It went through very quickly and left a nice clean cut. Each cut was always followed by a damage assessment. I had a project coming up that involved many sheets of 3/4 poplar plywood.
Highly recommended. I'm not a professional woodworker by any means but this blade makes a very nice clean cut on my table saw. I'm going to buy a couple more.
A little pricey, but it does the job nicely. This is a very good saw blade.
Will purchase another when this is no longer able to sharpen. This is a very nice combination blade that i've put to use on an old Craftsman table saw that's been around since the 50's. Cuts great.
The only blade I would consider buying for a performance improvement is a Forest WWII but I'm hard pressed to believe anything will cut much better than this at anywhere near the price. In every instance this blade performed spectacularly and still performs well. Yeah, a bummer, but no reason at all to knock the blade. As they say, I'd have to see it to believe it. It's cuts quiet and puts a smooth finish on everything. The previous reviewer is talking about a promotion that was printed on the packaging for these blades.
Well, got my blade home and found out after the fact I bought the blade a month too late for the promotion. I've tried a few other blades but always return to this one since it performs well in pretty much every situation I throw at it. It was a 'buy one get one free' offer, which is quite a deal. I've used it for rip cutting and cross cutting on every wood I've ever touched including 16/4 maple, mahogany, padauk, cherry, pine, spf, and cedar. I paid $60 for this blade and still think it's worth it. When I bought my blade from Home Depot that was a partial incentive but the other incentive was my familiarity with other woodworkers who had good results with Freud blades.
In fact I've been using this blade exclusively for the last year and a half and am continually amazed by its performance.
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