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    Default Best Blade for Cutting Western Red Cedar

    I wonder if we have some forum members who regularly cross cut Western Red Cedar, as it is notorious for tear out. What is the best type of upmarket table saw blade to use and where is the best place to source it?

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    What is the best type of upmarket table saw blade to use
    A sharp one!

    Seriously, a nice sharp fine cutoff blade with lots of teeth. You'll get less tear out if you score all round with a marking knife, but I guess if your doing building work the fun would go out of that fairly quickly.

    I like CMT blades, they seem to stay sharp pretty well. Have a look at the Carbatec catalogue on line.
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    Also, a zero clearance insert helps prevent tearout.
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    What the others have said,

    Additionally use a sled with a fresh cut blade slot, i.e. not one that's a bit mangled and wider than the the saw blade, also, blade height can have an effect, too low will cause more grain tear out on the top side so raise the blade in this case, with zero clearance on the btm side this should still be ok, next is back up the exit edge of the board with the fence on the sled, once again a fresh cut blade slot is best and don't then make any adjustments to the sled, or back it up with a scrap block of wood if just using a zero clearance insert.



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    What kind of TSaw do you have? If it's a Jet, you may have the same sized slot for an insert that my table has. If so, I've got a zero clearance insert you can have as long as you either pay for shipping or come pick it up (Dutton Park, Brisbane). It's one of four that's wasting away in the drawer below my TSaw.

    Let me know via PM if it's a 10" Jet saw.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luke Maddux View Post
    What kind of TSaw do you have? If it's a Jet, you may have the same sized slot for an insert that my table has. If so, I've got a zero clearance insert you can have as long as you either pay for shipping or come pick it up (Dutton Park, Brisbane). It's one of four that's wasting away in the drawer below my TSaw.

    Let me know via PM if it's a 10" Jet saw.

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    Thanks Luke but it is not a Jet.

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    Any blade designed for cutting laminate with no scribe/scoring saw should work well. I've had great results with a triple-chip blade. The underside can get a bit furry if the blade isn't sharp, but no breakout.

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    A good cross-cut blade with 60 teeth. For an even better result tape the cut with masking tape.

    I have 2 Freud and 1 CMT. They are all good crosscut blades. Bunnings now sell Freud blades too.
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    I use a 72 tooth TC 10" blade. AlexS got it right = use a marking knife. Mind you I've been working western red cedar, I live in it, for no more than 15 years.
    As a carver, WRC does not hold detail. That's a nice way to say that any and all carving details can and will pop off when you least expect it.
    You cut, with a serious knife, you have a better chance, that's all. A little like carving.

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