Forrest WW10407125 Woodworker II 10 Inch 40 Tooth ATB .125 Kerf Saw Blade with 5/8 Inch Arbor

Customer Reviews

wow

2008-10-06
over 30 years of woodworking (for a living). the price has kept me away, now i want a back up, a 12" mitre, a 8 1/2 mitre.....worth the bucks.

Best Blade around

2008-10-05
Second Woodworker II I've purchased. First one is going strong, just wanted to know I'd have a backup when my first needs sharpening sometime in the distant future. With the 40 Tooth version, I rarely change blades no matter if I'm ripping or cross cutting. First time you see the edge of whatever board you cut, whether it is a rip or cross cut, you will be SO happy with your purchase. Rips are so clean that I don't need to take a pass on the jointer. These blades are awesome at both ripping and cross cutting and this is while cutting primarily hard woods, but works equally well in soft woods. I've tried many other brands over the 20+ years of woodworking and I wish I'd found the Forrest Woodworker II when I was just starting out. This is THE blade!

slightly dissapointed

2008-09-11
I finally decided to buy the "Cadillac" of saw blades. When it arrived I was concerned with it's "used" apperance. I examined the carbide and the teeth were all very sharp and had plenty of carbide. I guess I expected better from all I had read about Forrest blades. Here are the results. 1) Severe tear out on the bottom of Maple plywood while using a zero clearance insert. 2) Burns 3/4" thick Maple easily if there is the slightest hesitation during feed rate. 3) leaves saw marks on the sides of all solid woods ripped, from pine to hard Maple. The blade I was using prior to the purchase of this was a glue line rip Freud. In my opinion it was a superior product. Forrest blades can be re-sharpened more often but that does not make up for the lack of quality results. All the blades I use are used in the same saw, same fence, same inserts etc.
In my opinion I will buy the Freud again next time.

Cuts like a hot knife thru butter

2008-08-27
The first time I put some wood to this blade I could not believe what happened. It felt almost as if there were no blade. It cuts very smoothly and with little effort. Also, since I can cut boards at a faster feed rate, I have not seen any burn marks on any of my boards, yet. I will buy another one for my miter saw next. It is worth the money.

Excellent Table Saw Blade

2008-06-23
This is my second purchase of same blade. Could not pass up great price and added discount for deck building items that amazon offered. $78 was a steal! This blade stays on my PM66 all the time for all cuts. Clean and smooth through any material. Gets plenty of work in my shop as the TS is the workhorse tool. I waited for the great deal to have a second blade for the day when I need to send back the original back to Forrest for sharpening.

Great saw blade!

2008-06-18
With this all purpose blade for table saws you can rip and crosscut 1" 2" rockhards and softwoods resulting in a smooth as sanded surface. With 20° face hook, ply veneers will crosscut with no bottom splinter at moderate feed rates. Double hard and 40% stronger C4 carbide will give up to 300% longer life between sharpenings. Ends blade changing (one blade does rip, combo and crosscut), second-step finishing and cutting 1/16" oversize to allow for resurfacing. Buy and sharpen one blade instead of 3 (24T rip, 50T combination and 80T crosscut).

Another Satisfied Forrest Blade Owner

2008-06-18
Previous to purchasing this blade I had never paid more than $50 for a blade. I was reluctant to purchase it because the price and I thought my blade was fine until I started reading the reviews on Forrest blades having a smooth edged glue line rip potential. I had always cut my stock a little bigger to allow for jointing or planing to get rid of the awful blade marks caused by my old blades. So I gave the Forrest Woodworker II a try and got the 1/8" kerf (.125) to match my old blades so I wouldn't have to tweak my Jet Contractor table saw. When the blade arrived I was very impressed with the quality of it right out of the box, and the ability to send the blade in to get re-sharpened was a big plus. When I first installed the blade and turned the table saw on I wasn't very impressed with it as it was about as loud and vibrated just as much as my other blades. I ripped a few boards and was impressed by how it cut with no problem, but there was still blade marks on the wood. I thought I got a dud blade. I checked the table saws calibrations again, but they were pretty much dead on using incra guaranteed squares and a stabila level. I was pretty ticked by this point. Later that night I got online and looked at reviews and tried to investigate why the Forrest blade wasn't performing well. I found and purchased the 5" blade stabilizer and read about and then purchased the Power Twist V-Belt all in hopes of correcting the problem. When the items arrived I first just installed the Power Twist V-Belt to replace the auto belt on the table saw. I noticed an immediate difference in loudness and vibration. The saw was extremely quiet and very little to no vibration at startup and while running no vibration. I ripped a few boards and finally got a great edge rip, but there were still a few minor scratches here and there. I then installed the Forrest 5" blade stabilizer. I ripped a few more boards and finally got a perfect glass like glue line rip. Now I will never use another saw blade for my shop table saw. The Forrest Woodworker II blade works as advertised, but you must have a completely dialed machine for it to perform to that standard.

excellent saw blade, period

2008-06-10
No complaints whatsoever with the Forrest Woodworker II. It's my go to blade for practically all cuts. The only time I don't use it is when I need a dado cut.

In the words of the late Harry Carey.....

2008-05-12
....HO-O-O-LY COW! I had a Freud blade on my Jet table saw that made cross cuts that were ready for gluing right off the table. But when it came to rips, the Freud burned everything. I tried everything - adjusted, trued, cleaned, cussed, but to no avail. What time I saved on cross cuts, I lost on sanding rip cuts. So, I read and I read about saw blades and despite the price tag, I finally covered my eyes and pushed the one-click button for the Forrest Woodworker II. Well, I got the blade the next day, installed it and tried it out. Wowsers! It makes a satisfying whistle as it gets up to speed and then hardly a sound as it cuts hardwood like a knife through hot butter. The blade is heavy and rigid and polished and balanced and sharp as a razor. They send the blade in a box with a return address so when you need to resharpen, you stick it into the box and poof, it's on its way. (BTW, right now it's $22.50 to resharpen this particular blade.) You know how when you watch Norm or those other woodworking gurus their saws just whisk through lumber like it's trick photography? Well, it's not the camera, it's the way a Forrest blade really cuts. Can't say enough good things about it.

perfect

2008-05-07
i recently bought a used PM66, and got this blade to replace the completely worn and warped on that the previous owner had on the saw.

aligned the tables and fence, put the new blade on, set the fence to 3" and ran a 2x4 through, and my digital micrometer says 3.000.

what else needs to be said?