I will be buying a 12" SCMS soon and want to equip it with a good thin kerf blade. I have been happy with my Freud Industrial 10" table saw blade so had intended to get a Freud Industrial 96T 12" thin kerf "Miter & Cut Off" LU74R012 for the SCMS. Cost at Woodcraft Supply $107.
Woodcraft also offers a Forrest 12" thin kerf for $208. Not sure how I would get twice the value for that one. What am I missing?
Freud website shows 12" "Thin Kerf Sliding Miter" with 72 teeth, LU91R012 and a "Thin kerf Fine Finish Crosscut" with 80 teeth.
I mostly cut Baltic Birch plywood and various hardwoods.
Any advice for me? What differences would I see between 72, 80, and 96 teeth?