Best economy rip blade

[Grant Aldridge]

I was about to order a freud thin kerf 24t blade on Amazon when I noticed the Amana Mamba and the CMT ITK 24t rip (Both listed as thin kerf). Any opinions on these? I don't want to buy junk, I need to reliably rip 2" antique heart pine on a 1-1/2hp 230v unisaw.

[Lee Schierer]

I own a Freud 24 tooth thin kerf rip blade and it has been resharpened at least once and is still going. I think it is at least 10 years old.

I now primarily use a Freud full kerf Glue Line rip blade on my Craftsman 1-1/2 Hp saw and it cuts as well as the thin kerf does.

[Mel Fulks]

Ten inch blade? I like the 18 tooth or 20 tooth. The 18 is noticeably faster.

[Rick Potter]

Economy?

Hard to beat a 7 1/4" Freud rip blade. Narrow kerf too.

At your local big box store.

[Ben Zara]

I used the infinity rip blade. I doubt it's any better but the flat top grind makes it useful for joinery and ripping.

https://www.infinitytools.com/saw-bl...e-24t-097-kerf

[scott spencer]

The Freud LU87 is a good rip blade and at least provides a flat top grind, as does the Infinity that Ben mentioned. The CMT Industrial 202.024.10 would be the TK equivalent of the Freud Industrial if you can find one....the CMT ITK (and the Freud Diablo D1024x) does not have a pure FTG. The Italian made Irwin Marples rip blade would be another good example of a decent affordable rip, but AFAIK this one is also an ATB grind.

[Robert Engel]

Big fan of CMT blades here.

[Dan Hahr]

If you’re not worrying about gluing the surface and are going to plane the finished edge, Rick’s suggestion is really smart. It’s amazing how well these small blades cut on a table saw. Just not sure if your saw will push it up 2” past the surface. Dan

[Grant Aldridge]

7-1/4 would leave me wanting more height at times but I actually see now that Freud has a thin kerf glue line rip 8" 24t, which works out to the same tpi as the 10" 30t. For $25 I'm thinking I might give it a try, I haven't found any feedback really on the Amana Mamba line and not much more on the CMT ITK (not plus) line I was looking at. If nothing else that 8" freud should work great for thinner stock and I'll pickup a 10" for thicker stock

I'm no stranger to running a smaller blade -my go to crosscut blade is 8-1/2 60t and it cuts great with 3/4-4/4, I don't recall trying it on anything thicker though

[Peter Kelly]

$22 on Amazon