Freud LU80R010: 10" Ultimate Plywood & Melamine Blade

This 80 tooth blade will cut your plywood or hardwood with outstanding results. I've used it for about 2 weeks so far and it's outstanding. If you care about really clean cuts with no tear-through or tear-out you should be using this blade. It's definitely not cheap but it's worth the investment to get really clean cuts.

Freud makes quality products. This cuts maple like it's butter. I recommend this product for any woodworker who like a fine finish.

First off, a tooth came chipped. The self-righteous side of me wanted to immediately return it......but.....I actually needed this blade. I have literally 3 dozen 4x8 sheets of prefinished maple to break down didnt have another couple days to wait for a new one.So against my better judgement I put it on.What happened? Magic! The high ATB design cuts flawlessly with absolutely zero tearout/chipout.....even on double sided prefinished maple. Laser straight, no burn marks, and you'd need a magnifying glass to see any blade marks.I can't attest to how it works on real wood rips, because it's not what I am going to use it for because.......that's not what it's designed to do! I have a Freud Glue Line rip blade for that......which did surprisingly poorly with the prefinished plywood. Hence my need for this blade.So yeah, if you are working with plywood this is the blade you need. If you're working with solid hardwoods or even softwoods you may want to look elsewhere because that isnt the best use of this blade. Don't get me wrong, it's still going to be serviceable..... but when you're willing to drop $100 on a blade you want more than just serviceable.

I use this blade for cutting plywood, including prefinished plywood. It works like a champ!

I bought this blade for my 12" miter saw, to help a friend install a house's worth of wood laminate flooring. The cuts were nearly flawless, with chipout all but absent.The blade does seem slightly undersized. With the blade that came with the miter saw, bringing the blade all the way down always cut completely through the material. With this blade, there was about 1/8in left on the bottom inside. Using the sliding feature of the saw took care of the issue, but it should not have been necessary.One strange thing is that I consistently saw sparks when cutting the laminate. The sparks were bright enough to see in the day. I have more than a decade's experience in the wood shop and have never see this phenomenon before. To be fair, this was the first time I worked with laminate wood flooring.

I have quite a few table, saw blades but was starting a project that required cutting quite a bit of plywood. I purchased this blade and the cuts have been excellent.

I have used Freud blades for ever. They are incredibly well made and just last. The one on my small table saw has to be 15 years old and still cuts as smooth as ever. For high quality, clean cuts, I would buy nothing else. A little more expensive, but worth every dime.

This blade was absolutely amazing for cutting plywood and melamine. Honestly any type of crosscut also came out incredibly clean. I say was because I dropped it and broke the teeth sadly enough. Nothing to do with the blade though. And, I ended up buying another. It does have an 1/8" kerf, so keep that in mind as if you have a job site saw, it might be a bit under powered and take some time to slow down.