Plywood blade

[mgbbob]

Looking at a used SS 10 Plywood blade on EBAY. I have a 60 tooth SS Carbide Tipped blade. Any comments comparing the two?

bob

[letterk]

Others may have a different opinion, but as I've said before the carbide tip 60 tooth blade is kind my goto blade. I'll try to link to the thread I started with a poll and one of the shopsmith experts comments.

I know the plywood blade have way more teeth, but I like the performance of the carbide teeth. I'm also not using the Shopsmith as my primary table saw so lade changes require more work in my situation.

[letterk]

Others may have a different opinion, but as I've said before the carbide tip 60 tooth blade is kind my goto blade. I'll try to link to the thread I started with a poll and one of the shopsmith experts comments.

I know the plywood blade have way more teeth, but I like the performance of the carbide teeth. I'm also not using the Shopsmith as my primary table saw so lade changes require more work in my situation.

Jim McCann 60 tooth review

[dusty]

Do you cut a lot of plywood. If you do, by all means get a good plywood blade. It will make a big difference, especially in the amount of chipping (tearout at the cut edge).

Don't plan on using the plywood blade for other applications.

You really want a cross cut blade, a rip blade and a combination blade in your inventory (in addition to the plywood blade).

Having said that, I must admit that I use a combination blade almost exclusively except when I am working on something really special. If building with expensive hardwoods I change blades according to the task at hand.

Even with the appropriate blade type, sharp is important. It is unbelievable how much difference a sharp blade makes no matter what you are cutting.

It is also amazing how quickly you can dull a good blade when cutting plywood or MDF (anything with glue).

[pennview]

My plywood blade is a Freud 80 tooth cut-off blade, model LU-85.