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I am disappointed with the performance of this blade as it causes a lot of burnt marks on my wood, both solid and plywood. May be it needs to be sharpened but it is brand new and I can't find anyone locally to sharpen it. I bought this blade because of someone's recommendation. It also does not cut as smoothly as my lower cost blades.
It sliced through 2 inch thick Hard Maple and Purple Heart like a hot knife through butter. Truly the finest blade I have ever used. I highly recommend this blade.
it left a smooth cut, but didn't make the cut any easier on the motor. i used it right away to rip a piece of 2x4 douglas fir. i found it to be an easier cut, but it wasn't as smooth on crosscuts (which makes sense since it wasn't designed to crosscut). i replaced the stock blade with a freud 12" crosscut blade and was blown away by how smoothly it cut. it's freud for me from now on. i wasn't too impressed.
my conclusion in these tests is that the forrest blade is nice if you have the power of a cabinet table saw, but probably won't work for those of us who can't shell out 1k for a table saw. first some background: i got a new ridgid miter saw and used it for a while. after the stock blade on my new bosch table saw got a little dull i decided to upgrade to this one. out of curiousity i went with a freud 24 tooth rip blade.
The cut is so clean I could not see any saw marks. I have always heard how great Forrest is but was not convinced until I tried it myself.
Not a great saw but upgrade the blade and it is spectacular. I have not seen any burning or anything.
Everyone knows that sharp tools make working safer too and this is super sharp. I am using this blade on a Ryobi BTS15 tablesaw.
This is my first expensive blade and I can say that I will not go back. The time saved on sanding alone is worth the price of the blade.
I have cut through 2" thick bubinga and the cut was clean and just took a little sanding to get it finished.
Amazingly smooth cuts both ripping and cross-cut. Excellent saw blade at a fantastic price. Can't say enough good about it.
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