Buy Freud LU96R012 12-Inch 96 Tooth TCG Thin Kerf Double Sided Laminate Cutting Saw Blade with 1-Inch Arbor and PermaShield CoatingFreud LU96R012 12-Inch 96 Tooth TCG Thin Kerf Double Sided Laminate Cutting Saw Blade with 1-Inch Arbor and PermaShield Coating Product Description:
- Triple Chip tooth design for laminates & melamine
- Anti-Vibration Reeds to practically eliminate vibration for clean cuts
- Perma-SHIELD coating to keep the blade running cool and reduce pitch build up
- Micro Grain Carbide - Produced by Freud Specifically to ensure superior cut and maximum life
- Thin kerf design to increase machine performance and life for saws under 3HP
Product Description
The Freud 12" x 96 tooth TCG thin kerf double sided laminate cutting saw blade with 1" arbor and perma-shield coating is a superior carbide-tipped blade that has a triple chip tooth design for laminates and melamine. Its anti-vibration reeds practically eliminate vibration leaving perfectly clean cuts. Freud has proprietary micro grain carbide to ensure superior cuts as well as maximum life and the thin kerf design helps to increase machine performance and longevity for saws under 3HP.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
Superb blade for many purposes
By R. G. Mizener
I got this recently when my old 80 tooth Dewalt one got dull. At same time, got the Hitachi 90 tooth just to see how each works.Now, don't get me wrong, the Hitachi is REALLY nice for the price, about half of this blade, but the Freud is...well, this is a real blade.Due to the write-up on the page, I was worried that it would not work for my purposes, which do not include laminates, melamine or formica. Even printed on the blade, it is only rated "good" for crosscuts. Don't believe it.I use it in a big mitre saw, and I was having a dickens of a time cutting some cheap Mexican molding (thanks, Lowe's) that is terrible wood. It was always splitting, chipping, tearing out with my other blades, including the new Hitachi. Not with the Freud.Not mentioned in the review on the page (at least I didn't see it) is the fact that this is a negative 3 degree hook blade, meaning that basically the teeth don't cut their way through the stock, they scrape their way through.When I opened it up, I thought, "oh no, it will be slow as the dickens trying to cut through hard wood." With the -3 degree set of the teeth, it doesn't even feel like it has a sharp edge. Boy was I wrong, it has never even felt like there was any stock that I was cutting, it just slices through without you noticing when you enter the stock, feels like you are cutting air.And, smooth--no tear out, very few fibers left on the exit side of the cut even in lousy wood. Beautiful in MDF molding.Also, it is a very thin kerf blade, about 3/32. Has TCP cut teeth, so that if for whatever reason you just wanted to make a slot, it is perfectly flat on the bottom of the cut, not double angled as an ATB blade would cut.I have tried to find something I don't like about this blade, but have not been able to. I will seldom if ever use it as intended, on laminates; but I will be really happy using it for all the other materials I put through my mitre saw. Since it is sold as having "harder" teeth than other carbides so it will last longer in use with laminates, I am hoping that it will last a lot longer the way I use it, which is mostly hardwood and pine molding and furniture work.GREAT BLADE.
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