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Use this in my 3HP cabinet saw for ripping and mortise cheek cuts in softer wooods and can hardly tell your cutting anything. The lazer cut dampers vertually eliminate vibration and noise. This blade goes beyond cutting and surgically removes wood with ease. The finish cut is comparable to a combo blade. Thump it with your finger and all you hear is a dull thunk. The aggresive hook angle, thin kerf and low run out make for smooth cuts (for 24 teeth) and very low feed effort. Definately the blade for a low powered saw. Dont know about durability yet as I only have a few hours on it.
Performance of the Freud LU87R010 is about as good as you can reasonably get from a 10" thin kerf 24 tooth bulk ripping blade. It's not recommended as a crosscut blade, but does a very respectable job of it's intended task. It has a flat top grind (FTG) that efficiently removes stock, and a steep positive hook angle to reduce resistance when feeding wood into the saw. It'll rip efficiently to ~ 3" on most common 110v saws (< 2hp) , and leaves a glue ready edge with minimal saw marks. I've also used the Freud LM72, DeWalt 7124TK, Leitz 24T ripper, and Infinity 24T ripper. IMHO, the LU87 is as good as any bulk ripper.
Great blade and I'm glad that I bought it. Just wish I had purchased it sooner.
I put this saw in a Rousseau stand with out feed table which I highly reccomend. The Freud LU87R010 blade I purchased from Amazon is awesome. The stand makes the saw safer to use and gives you more working space for ripping full sheets of plywood, paneling etc. I put it on my porter cable 3812 portable table saw and what a difference, WOW. I had bought a cheaper blade for it and it bogged down my saw even in thinner materials such as 3/4" pine but the Freud blade rips 2 by stock like butter. and can be done by yourself which is nice. In my 27 years of building and buying tools I have learned that when you buy cheap you get cheap, so if you want good quality then you have to spend more but in the end it's way worth it.
While it did manage to rip full 2" boards with a 40 tooth combo blade, it did struggle and left a lot of burn marks. Several months prior I had broken a belt on the saw trying to rip this same oak board. I bought this blade last year when I had a considerable quantity of rough-cut walnut to process. The blade made an incredible difference in the capabilities of the BT3000. I suppose the most positive endorsement I can make is that I would gladly purchase this blade again. So I did a little internet research and settled on the Freud blade since the manufacturer claimed "This blade gives new life to underpowered table saws.". I was so excited, I pulled out a full 2" red oak board and ripped a 2" strip from it - it required a slower feed rate, but it cut it cleanly and (relatively speaking) quickly.
I now have a Ridgid 3660 and use the LU87R010 on it almost exclusively. My saw at that time was a Ryobi BT3000. The edges are extremely smooth and I can't think of a single down side to this blade. I frequently am disappointed by product claims, but not in this case. Nominal, well dried lumber cut like butter - the thick walnut was no effort. I assume that this blade puts less strain on the motor thus extending its life. If your saw is underpowered or marginal, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this blade.
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