What are your opinions of a top notch table saw blade for making very fine cuts with expensive wood i.e. Purple Heart, Ivory, Black Walnut, etc? I've heard the Pirahna by Black and Decker is good but maybe you guys know of a better one.
Best Brand and Style Table Saw blade for fine woodcutting
Dec 16, 2003
11 Replies
The Freud "Glueline" blade is excellent, it is meant to cut an edge ready for jointing, the resulting cut is excellent. Now I use this on a high end cabinet saw, but good results should be obtained on less expensive tools.
JMO
Forrest WoodWorker II is a very good blade. Expect to pay $120 or so.
Frank
WoodWorker II by Forrest Blades
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is my personal favorite. Currently on sale for $94.99.
I find Freud blades to be exceptional and far less expensive then Forrest brand. Freud has a nice website setup to help you choose the best blade for your needs.
more expensive than the Forrest Woodworker II. See:
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Novak Buffalo, NY - USA (Remove "SPAM" from email address to reply)
Everyone raves about the Forrest WWII so I'll have to try it someday but in the meantime, I'm very happy with my thin kerf CMT General.
Don
I bought one of those Forrest WWII blades couple years back. It's the worst blade I've ever owned. It made my saw vibrate terribly bad. I put it on my radial saw and it worked a little better, but still vibrated. I like freud blades.
Donald
WWII, you won't regret it. Never will wonder "what would the forrest have done". I have been cutting purple heart with it and the cut is _better_ than hand planing most of it because of tearout from grain reversal with the hand planes.
Alan
Speaking of Forest Blades, any reason why the founder's picture is not on the advertisements anymore?
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