On Thursday, October 11, 2012 9:41:09 PM UTC-7, Mike M wrote:
On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:53:11 -0700 (PDT), "SonomaProducts.com" wrote: On Thursday, October 11, 2012 12:51:21 PM UTC-7, Leon wrote: On 10/11/2012 1:18 PM, SonomaProducts.com wrote: On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:24:44 PM UTC-7, Upscale wrote: On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:34:10 -0700 (PDT), "SonomaProducts.com" You will find that ripping (cutting with te grain direction) will be much better with a rip blade. Never went the ripping blade route. I've always used a 60 tooth combination blade. Did fine for ripping and crosscut nicely on the veneered plywood. To each his own I guess. I might leave in a cross cut blade if I have one rip. Rarely use a rip for cross cuts, unless they are not so important. Rip blades do cut about twice as fast. Takes me less than a minute to change blades and just kind of do it without thinking. I doubt you can rip cherry with a cross cut very often without some burn. But as I said, to each his own. The trick to not changing blades is to use a combination or general purpose blade. I would not recommend cross cutting with a rip nor ripping with a cross cut blade. Now if you have 2 table saw, that might change considerations. IMNSHO combo blades are only approriate for basic cabinet work or other similar (good enough is OK) jobs and not the typical furniture pieces I am usually building. And even then only because the cabinet guys usually oversize their face frame rips and clean up the edges in bundles ganged up in the planer. I have one I throw on when making plywood boxes, etc. for around the shop or sets and stage furniture for my daughters school, etc. Out of curiousity have you ever tried a WWII Blade. Just curious if you've felt you were doing better with the other blades. Mike M

Yes I have used Forests. Mostly loved them. I get pretty much the same results from full kerf Freuds but I do recall some fricking glass like smooth cross cuts with a Woodworker cross cut (maybe 60 tooth) blade. I have never done side-by-side. I keep my blades sharp. Probably feels like Forests hold an edge longer but I am usually buying a few blades at a time and like to save a few bucks.