Woodworking Table Saw Blades

In case you dont have a tape measure and your blades are poorly marked or worn out the most common size of blade youll find on a table saw is 8 10 or 12 inch.

Woodworking table saw blades. You might ask What blade should I use on my table saw. Keep your table saw blade. High end general purpose blades run between 100 and 150 but youre asking this blade to do the vast majority of your table saw work.

The cuts from a high quality table saw can be ruined by a low quality blade and likewise a low quality table saw can be somewhat improved by having a great blade. They have their limits but the old adage tends to be true you get what you pay for. But keep in mind that excellent woodworking requires an excellent blade.

2592 inches x 5000 rpm 129590 inches traveled by a tooth in one minute. The table saw is commonly known as the heart of a woodworking shop and if thats true then the blade the heart of the table saw. The thinner kerf requires less power to push through the cut so the motor will bog down less.

Lets do the same calculation as above. Start with a 40-tooth General-Purpose Blade. A good quality blade used for a cut it was specifically designed for will make it clean while the wrong saw blade can botch your work.

I so say a 100 blade will get 4 sharpenings probably can do more in at 15-20 each so now the blade is compatible to a 40 blade of disposable quality and they cut much better than that. Here are four primary blades to consider. Both types are designed to replace separate rip and crosscut blades which are distinctly different.

Thin kerf blades are usually rip blades that are made thin so a lesser-powered table saw like a contractor 110v model can handle thicker denser wood. Every workshop needs a primary table saw blade that can satisfactorily make every cut in every material. The Ryobi table saw advertisement below tells us the blade diameter is 825 inches with a motor turning at 5000 rpm almost 40 faster than the Bosch.