Freud LU82M010 10 Inch 60 Tooth TCG Crosscutting and Ripping Saw Blade with 5/8 Inch Arbor

Customer Reviews

Rip Capabilities of a combo blade

2008-04-06
This blade replaced a 24 tooth exclusive rip blade (Freud also, in the same price range). I can tell no significant difference in the quality and effort needed to rip maple. And it doesn't splinter cross grain plywood badly. Seems a good value.

Nice Blade

2008-03-15
Nice blade. As expected very smooth cut. The cost is that it removes a lot of wood. It performed as expected. This is a finishing blade and I might try a thinner blade with the same number of teeth as my next purchase. Some wood is very expensive.

Impressive Blade

2007-03-03
You're not going to believe this, but...... I bought this blade in 2004 on sale to replace the OEM blade that came on my Table Saw. This blade made perfectly smooth cuts on Oak, Cherry and Cedar without so much as a tooth mark: cross cut or rip cut. After about 2 years of casual use, it started to leave a fuzzy edge so I bought the WWII to replace it. I was not impressed- the WW blade left very subtle tooth marks (on the same saw and set up mind you) that were visible when holding the cut towards a light. Not drastic, but subtle. The WW required much more feed pressure and vibrated pretty bad when cutting.

I cleaned the pitch off the Freud with a brass brush and blade cleaner, and it was back to normal. Freud blade cut with less vibration and less feed pressure than the WWII. While I was not impressed with the $100bWWII, I can recommend this LU82M010 blade all day long. It is very impressive for a $30 blade. This is a Triple Chip blade according to the Freud catalog. I also notice that the picture of this blade does not show the laser cut anti-vibration slots my blade has (the long s-shaped cuts).

Jack of All Trades...

2006-05-23
....master of none. This blade has all the great aspects of a typical Freud blade - quality carbide, well built, anti-vibration slots, lifetime warranty, etc. It does alot of things reasonably well, but isn't particular strong in any regard, other than the TCG teeth are more durable than other grinds. Several of Freud's other general purpose blades crosscut better, rip more efficiently, have faster feedrates, and are generally more versatile. Being that it's full kerf, it also bogs the motor on my saw more than many others. I just can't find an application that gives this blade any advantages over others in my shop. I much prefer the LU86, LU88, and even the LU84.

Freud LM82M010

2006-03-20
I find this blade to do an excellent job in my table saw. I have had many Freud blades in the blast and they have all been good.

Quite smooth and vibration free..............

2005-01-11
This multi-purpose blade will cut stacks of manmade wood products as well as hardwood and softwood up to 2-3/4" thick. The blade's deep gullets and TCG rip and crosscut through hardwoods and softwoods with ease. Although the ideal working range ins 1/2" - 2-3/4" thick, thinner or thicker materials may be cut, resulting in some loss of surface finish. Application: Long Life In Stacked Chipboard And Manmade Materials

Good blade

2002-10-01
Cuts real clean with little effort. Good price, too.

Great blade for my Radial Arm Saw...

2002-08-12
Got this blade to replace my current 24 teeth blade on my Craftman RAS. With the 1st few test cuts on oak, it resulted a very smooth cut on the surface and the edge of the cut is razor sharp. There was virtually no broken wood piece at the edge at all. I also test cut it on a piece of plywood (1" thick) and got the same result. This is a great performance for the price.

miter saw hazard

2002-04-16
I bought this blade for rough and general use on a compound miter saw, keeping a Forrest blade for fine work. This blade is OK in a table saw but I found that it has a nasty habit of grabbing small cut-offs on my Delta CMS and throwing them. This happened once too many times... the last time it shattered the lower blade guard. As a result I retired the blade from use on the CMS.

While replacing the blade guard on the CMS (which cost me more than this blade) I discovered that the dust chute had chunks of cut-offs wedged in it. I haven't had this problem with other miter saw blades (Delta, Forrest, Freud) so technique isn't the issue.

The blade works just fine on a table saw for general use but get a blade with negative rake on the teeth for the miter saw. Your saw, your body, and your wits will be better off for it.

Great blade at a good price 2001-01-24
I used my Home Depot/Rigid miter saw with a Craftman carbide tip blade to cut off 2x4's. (I tossed the Rigid's steel blade long ago). Occassionally I would need it for miter cuts of harder wood and the results were just terrible. But with this blade, I can have very smooth and precise cuts. It is one of the best $30 I spent -- How did I not think do it sooner?