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23rd August 2021, 07:37 PM #1
Table Saw blade question.......
Greetings table saw gurus. I have a couple of quick questions.
I already have a rip blade for my 12 inch table saw, (24T I think) but want to acquire a cross cut blade for fine work - boxes, drawers and the like.
I am looking at a Freud.
This one:
Freud D1280X Diablo 12-Inch 80 Tooth ATB Crosscutting Saw Blade with 1-Inch Arbor : Amazon.com.au: Home Improvement
Questions:
Is 80T overkill?
Will this blade - marked " For Miter Saws and Slide Miter Saws" be a disadvantage in a tablesaw - or does it make no difference?
Thanks for your help
Tom
PS: Sorry a couple of extra questions....
Is this one worth the extra money?
If so... why?
Freud 12 In. 80 Tooth Industrial Thin Kerf Fine Finish Crosscut Saw Blade with 1 In. arbor
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23rd August 2021, 09:43 PM #2Taking a break
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Stay away from fine kerf blades; they're more flexy and will need a different riving knife. They're fine for cordless stuff where power might be lacking, but they have no place in any piece of fixed machinery IMO unless you're cutting up some insanely expensive timber and the extra 0.8mm is going to make $10 worth of sawdust.
We had 96T 12" for fine work at my old work, 72T is probably the bare minimum.
The first one you linked should be fine, the Diablo site says it's good in table saws too.
If you want to go all out, the Leuco Proline GLOBAL_METHODS and Topline GLOBAL_METHODS are suuuuper nice
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23rd August 2021, 09:47 PM #3.... some old things are lovely
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What saw are you putting it in Scribbly Gum? There are a couple of differences in the two blades you've linked to; the Diablo has a 7 degree hook angle that is more suitable to cut off saws and it also has smaller teeth that will provide less sharpenings; the Freud has larger teeth and a 15 degree hook angle more suitable for table saws, but it's thin kerf. IMO the thin kerf doesn't matter much when you're doing 90 degree crosscuts but it's a different story if you want to cut mitres in thicker stock so a 12" thin kerf crosscut doesn't really make much sense. Do you really need a 12" blade? I use a Diablo 80 tooth 10" crosscut blade on my 12" saw and very rarely find I need anything bigger.
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23rd August 2021, 10:08 PM #5.... some old things are lovely
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