moderate priced rip blade

[tkpinsc]

What are some of the popular 10" rip blades for a 3hp cabnet saw. Price, ease of cut and glue line quality of cut are my priorities. Don't care about kerf thickness or a flat bottom cut. I have always used a combo blade but I currently have six or seven hundred feet of cherry to rip. It was poor quality but nearly free because it has numerous splits and shakes I need to cut out. I've got a job that will use all of it.

 

[MarkE]

I've had good results from Freud blades. I just bought a new LM72R010 24 tooth rip blade from Amazon for $51 and change with free shipping.

 

[JackLeg]

+1 for Freud! The RED ones! :icon_thum

 

[junquecol]

+1 for Freud! The RED ones! :icon_thum

What about the silver ones? Same blade, but different coating.

 

[kooshball]

I've had good results from Freud blades. I just bought a new LM72R010 24 tooth rip blade from Amazon for $51 and change with free shipping.

This one is not branded as a "glue line" rip blade but will it produce one??

 

[FredP]

What about the silver ones? Same blade, but different coating.

I prefer the silver ones.....:gar-La; I think the red ones are thin kerf? I despise thin kerf blades.

 

[LloydP]

I just got on of the Freud LU87R010 blades just before Xmas. For the money - a good blade. It seems to rip better than a Woodworker II blade.

 

[MarkE]

I prefer the silver ones.....:gar-La; I think the red ones are thin kerf? I despise thin kerf blades.

The LM72R010 is a full kerf (.126) blade with the red (permashield) coating.

The LU87R010 is the thin kerf (.094) version with the red (permashield) coating.

The coated silver blades use a coating called Silver ICE. Don't really know what the difference is.

 

[Skymaster]

FREUD hmmmmmmmmmmm did I mention FREUD?

Fred the SILVER ones are ICE coating and are made in thin kerf :gar-Bi and R GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
Trust me I do know I gots em in boff colors :rotflm::rotflm::rotflm:

 

[Canuck]

+1 on the Freud Glue-Line (LU87R010 ) rip blade.

Just finished ripping a bunch of QSRO with one and nary a single burn mark!!!!!!!!!!!!!:icon_thum:icon_thum:icon_thum

Cut like butter. (Oh ya, I use nothing but thin kerf blades without an issue.)

Wayne

 

[FredP]

FREUD hmmmmmmmmmmm did I mention FREUD?

Fred the SILVER ones are ICE coating and are made in thin kerf :gar-Bi and R GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
Trust me I do know I gots em in boff colors :rotflm::rotflm::rotflm:

didn't know they made em in thin kerf. chrome is kewl....:rotflm: I have some thin blades and I use them because I can't throw em away but as they were out they get replaced with full kerf.:gar-Bi I have enough HP to run em and I don't use stabilizers.:gar-La; the operation I'm doing dictates what blade i will use.:icon_thum

 

[Gofor]

I have the Freud LM74M010 (30t, full kerf silver glue-line rip). Does fine in thinner woods up to an inch +. I was getting some marks in 2 1/2" wood, and Tom (toolferone) educated me that it is for the thinner woods. They make an industrial quality (red) one that is designed for the thicker woods. So it makes a difference in what thickness wood you need to make the glue-line cuts in. Hopefully Tom will chime in with the right specs.

Not to say that this blade does not do a fine job ripping thick lumber on my little 1 1/2hp saw, but the edge needs a little smoothing on the thick stuff for me to get the fine edge I want for glue-up.

You can get both silver and red in the full kerf blades. The red is a little tougher coating if I understand it, but evidently there are some other tooth grind differences, also. I have both thin and thick kerf, silver and red, and other than what I stated above, have been very happy with every Freud blade I have bought.

JMTCW

Go

 

[bwat]

Another vote here for Freud. Like the Glue Line Rip and HD Rip, awesome blades and well worth the price.:icon_thum

 

[kooshball]

Does the HD rip give up anything when going through thin wood vs the glue line rip? Perhaps the HD rip could fit the bill for an all-purpose glue line rip blade??

 

[bwat]

IMHO...the Freud Heavy Duty Rip is best for just that - thick or dense stock and lots of ripping. Although minor differences on clean blades with enough power behind them, no blade I have used will produce as clean an edge off the saw as the Glue Line Rip.

 

[Glennbear]

I have used both combo and rip Freud blades in red and ICE and have been pleased with all. :wsmile:

 

[toolferone]

The Glue-line rip is a triple chip grind and the 24t HD rip is a flat tooth design. If you are ripping over 1" use the 24t HD rip. It will do a better job. The red Permasheild coating is a lower friction surface then the Silver Ice The Silver Ice does a real good job on heat reflection, probably more important on power feed or cnc machines with faster feed rates. I feel the Permasheild is a better coating for us. No Fred the red does not mean think kerf The Glueline rip has a thicker plate to help with blade deflection to maintain that smooth Straight cut needed for glueups. I have heard from many folks in my travels that feel our HD rip is their favorite rip blade and go straight to glue up with it.

Hope this helps.

 

[kooshball]

The Glue-line rip is a triple chip grind and the 24t HD rip is a flat tooth design. If you are ripping over 1" use the 24t HD rip. It will do a better job. The red Permasheild coating is a lower friction surface then the Silver Ice The Silver Ice does a real good job on heat reflection, probably more important on power feed or cnc machines with faster feed rates. I feel the Permasheild is a better coating for us. No Fred the red does not mean think kerf The Glueline rip has a thicker plate to help with blade deflection to maintain that smooth Straight cut needed for glueups. I have heard from many folks in my travels that feel our HD rip is their favorite rip blade and go straight to glue up with it.

Hope this helps.

Can I still get a good glue line with the HD with ~1/2" - 3/4" stock; most of my work is with 3/4" stock on up?

Thanks

 

[boxxmaker]

FREUD,didn't know anybody else made saw blades :gar-La; :gar-La; definatly get what you pay for :icon_cheers

 

[terry1166]

I can vouch for the LM74R010 blade which is a 30 tooth .118" kerf glue line rip blade made glue line rip up to 1" thickness lumber. The cuts made with this blade are slick. I even used this blade once to rip some short 12" lengths of 8/4 cherry and it did a good job but I wouldn't normally use it to rip much lumber at that thickness. For thicker lumber I use the LM72R010, 24 tooth blade but it is does not seem to be classified by Freud as a glue line rip blade. The LM72R010 kerf is a full 1/8" or better kerf (actually .126"). The LM72R010 is also a flat tooth blade that is handy for cutting flat bottom slots for splines, etc.

Terry