saw blade

[John Powers]

I have an under powered saw and just read about the blessings of a thin kerf blade. What is a good all purpose 10" thin kerf blade, reasonably priced. Over the counter preferable to mailorder. I am not a fine furniture anything unfortunatley just a guy who has to walk to the basement to reset the breaker. thanks

[David Christopher]

John, Ive had good luck with my freud 60 tooth thin kerf..and you can get them over the counter or mail order

[Tom Veatch]

I picked up a RIGID 50 tooth combination blade at the orange borg for, IIRC, about $35 that has been a winner. It might not give you a glue line finish cut, but for a leave-it-on-the-saw, all-purpose blade, I've been satisfied. In fact, it's what I'm using to rip the edges off my walnut score (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=106647) when I'm not taking a coffee break and wasting time piddling with this computer.:rolleyes:

[Peter Quinn]

I've had good luck with Freud on an old Makita bench top job site saw. Don't remember the exact model, but it was red, some form of combo blade. Still needs a 20A circuit to do heavy work, it just maxes out a 15A ciscuit to often, before it blows you can hear the saw isn't winding up properly. Bought mine locally.

[glenn bradley]

For reasonable prices and over the counter TK's I would look at Freud Avanti at Lowe's or Freud diablo at Home Depot. For a "general purpose" blade I would stay around 40 teeth.

P.s. Tell us a little more about your saw and maybe we can help there too.

[scott spencer]

The Freud LU86R010 (http://www.epinions.com/review/Freud_LU86R010_10_40_Tooth_Thin_Kerf_General_Purpo se_Blade_42542453/content_227985493636)40T and LU88R010 (http://www.epinions.com/review/Freud_60T_Crosscut_Table_Saw_Blade_LU88R010/content_226312687236) 60T are very good value blades. The DeWalt DW7150PT (http://www.epinions.com/content_401473310340) 50T is pretty impressive for the price too (on sale for $29.99 (http://www.cpopowertools.com/categories/accessories/saw_accessories/circular_saw_blades.html)). The DW7140PT might be worth consideration too but I haven't tried this one personally.

Go with more teeth for a finer but slower cut, less teeth for faster but rougher cut with lower resistance in thick wood. AFAIK, Freud makes the Ridgid Titanium blades. The Freud Diablo and Avanti series are similar to the Industrial (LU) series, but the Industrial line has thicker carbide...they're often on sale for around the same price as the Diablo and Avanti, so I tend to lean in that direction. You could always grab a 50T or 60T blade now and add a 24T FTG ripper at a later date, depending on what your needs are. I'd strongly suggest avoiding the really cheap blades...I'm not a fan of the DeWalt construction series, Skil, Vermont American, B&D Piranha, Irwin Sprint or Marathon, Workforce, etc....there are too many better choices for literally just a few bucks more. These typically range from ~ $30-$50.

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