I don't do too much ripping, just on occasion. For the small amount of ripping in the past, I have used the default blades that come on the BT3000. I have about 4 of them.
I am making a set of bunk beds for my daughter and needed some pine post that I cannot find. So I decided to find some good 2x4 pine and glue & clamp them together. I hunted through about 30 2x4s that I had on hand and found 8 that were perfectly straight. Glued them, let them dry and cut to length. With an off-cut, I decide to see how I could rip it into 3x3. The default 36 tooth blade struggled too much on the BT.
I ordered the "Freud LU87R010 10-Inch 24-Tooth FTG Thin Kerf Ripping Saw Blade" and it ripped smooth and almost like cutting butter. I looked at the equivalent Freud in the Daiblo blade. There was about $5.00 difference in price and there were slightly better reviews on the Freud LU87R010.
I have both my BT3000 and 3100 in my shop and not enough space. I have been thinking seriously about putting one in storage for a short time. Now I am thinking Rip on one, CrossCut on the other!
I'm not sure of the differences between the Diablo Freud vs the straight Freud, but Ripping was easy with the Freud. I think I had a rip blade once before but it was not a good one and I stayed away from it. Don't have a clue as to where it is, probably somewhere back in Japan.
Like having the right tool, the right blade sure makes a difference! And it was such a difference that I had to post about it!
I am making a set of bunk beds for my daughter and needed some pine post that I cannot find. So I decided to find some good 2x4 pine and glue & clamp them together. I hunted through about 30 2x4s that I had on hand and found 8 that were perfectly straight. Glued them, let them dry and cut to length. With an off-cut, I decide to see how I could rip it into 3x3. The default 36 tooth blade struggled too much on the BT.
I ordered the "Freud LU87R010 10-Inch 24-Tooth FTG Thin Kerf Ripping Saw Blade" and it ripped smooth and almost like cutting butter. I looked at the equivalent Freud in the Daiblo blade. There was about $5.00 difference in price and there were slightly better reviews on the Freud LU87R010.
I have both my BT3000 and 3100 in my shop and not enough space. I have been thinking seriously about putting one in storage for a short time. Now I am thinking Rip on one, CrossCut on the other!
I'm not sure of the differences between the Diablo Freud vs the straight Freud, but Ripping was easy with the Freud. I think I had a rip blade once before but it was not a good one and I stayed away from it. Don't have a clue as to where it is, probably somewhere back in Japan.
Like having the right tool, the right blade sure makes a difference! And it was such a difference that I had to post about it!
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