glue line rip blade question

[Joe Wood]

Are these supposed to leave a dead smooth cut, or one with slight scores, to help with the glue bond?? I'm asking because mine leaves slight scores across the cut.

[Rhys Hurcombe]

I have the freud glue line rip blade. I do get a slight scoring but I think they are marketing them as a better finish than a 'regular' low teeth count rip blade i suppose. Slight scores are fine for glue ups.

[Justin Ludwig]

I have slight scores. Never been a problem with taking it straight to glue-up.

[David Kumm]

Measure the width of the kerf in the stock against the width of the teeth. That will give you an idea of what the runout is. Runout will cause the scoring. Dave

[fritz eng]

I too have slight scoring but not enuf of a problem that it affects glue-ups

[Joe Wood]

No I mistakenly chose one thinking I'd get a nice smooth edges cut .. is why I'm asking. It's still probably the best cut for a glue line.

what type of regular kerf blade would I want for nice smooth cuts?

[Bradley Gray]

No blade will give you a smooth cut if your saw isn't set up properly.

[Bruce Wrenn]

I used to build a lot of cabinets for local "Y's". All included 1/4" soft maple edging. As for blades, once I did a comparison between a glue line, 50 tooth comb, Forest WWII, and a couple other blades. Best finish came from the 50 tooth combo.

[Joe Wood]

I mostly rip 2x and up wr cedar sometimes redwood, with a 12" blade, so all softwoods, never sheet goods.

[Jacob Reverb]

I too have slight scoring but not enuf of a problem that it affects glue-ups

Same here. But I'm not sure I use a so-called "glue line" rip blade. (I picked up a bunch of thin-kerf rip blades cheap several years back...)