Freud Thin Kerf General Purpose Saw Blade with Tico Hi-Density Carbide General Purpose Blend for Maximum Performance - 160mm Diameter, 28 Teeth, ATB Grind - LU86R006M20

I bought this one as a spare disk for replacement when the one I’m using gets dull.That’s because the one I installed about a month ago, same brand and model , presented outstanding quality cuts

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Added this to my festoon track saw. Works great

Freshly our of the box this thin blade is great. Hopefully it will last a while.

One of the first cuts I made with this blade was in softwood and I was quite dissatisfied with the quality of the cut. It seemed to be fuzzed up, not smooth. But since then, I have made many cuts that were high quality with this blade. Nice and smooth. I was disappointed enough I bought a 50 tooth with both ATB and flat topped teeth because I am more familiar with that type. But this one is working well enough I haven't bothered to put the other blade on. I don't know why it occasionally gives a somewhat rough cut, however. I haven't tried it on any deep cuts but it isn't really rated for that so I will not be surprised it I have to go to a ripping blade for deep rips.

There is definitely a quality difference between the Diablo and industrial freud products. Have used both.

Works well with my Dewalt and my cordless Makita cordless track saws. It will cut just the tiniest sliver more from your splinter guard than the stock DeWalt blade and the same with the Makita stock blade. It doesn’t seem to affect accuracy when going back and forth from the Dewalt or Makita blades on the same track. The difference is so small that it’s not noticeable to me. I notice more inaccuracies from blade deflections and saw body flex when bevel cutting and pushing the saw too hard or else not keeping the track guide tolerance slightly to the tight side of adjustment. As far as the diameter of this blade compared to the 165mm DeWalt and Makita blades I don’t notice a difference in the dewalt saw since the depth gauge accounts for the track and still works accurately with the smaller blade. If I set the DeWalt depth adjustment on the saw for 1/2” (12mm) it will cut through that size fo stock material by about 1-2mm with this blade. With a 165mm blade it actually goes closer to 4mm beyond the material. The Makita saw’s scoring feature might not work with this smaller blade but I never seem to use that anyway, I just keep my blades clean and sharp. These have a large carbide bit for each tooth like an industrial blade and they’re very sharp. The coating helps a lot with resin build up compared to the stock blades that both of my saws came with. In turn the blades run cooler and don’t tend to warp. I hope this review is helpful.

I am a contractor and I can honestly say that I exclusively purchase Freud blades for my power tools. They are the best IMHO. All Freud products are top notch.