Good blade for ripping?

[Peter Quinn]

My favorite is the amana euro rip 20 tooth , truly a fine blade, a combo is fine up to surfaced 5/4 for ripping, this blade takes over from there and takes you up to 12/4 with ease. I'm always amazed at how easy the feed pressure is. I've used 30 tooth blades from popular manufacturers I won't mention, it's like pushing a mule up a hill in comparison to this amana.

My number 2 favorite is the Freud lM 72 industrial heavy duty rip blade. It's a real close second to the amana, maybe it's equal until you reach the very thickest material. I've used a bunch and settled on these two, I don't bother with any others.

[George Gyulatyan]

It depends on what you're cutting and the end result you're after.

For rough sizing and thick stock (anything over 4/4) I use WWII 20 tooth ripping blade.
For 4/4 and under and glue joint rips, I use the Frued 30T GLR.

Here's a comparison of both blades I did on my table saw a while ago, just scroll towards the bottom of the thread:
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthre...tor-Goofy-idea

[Kevin Womer]

+1 for the Freud LM74R

[Julie Moriarty]

I was just browsing through the CMT catalog and noticed they now make a glue-line rip blade.

10"

30T

5/8"

1TCG+1FTG

0.126

0.087

12°

Amazon sells the 10", 5/8" bore, for $54.96. I've always been happy with CMT router bits and saw blades (but NOT their Forstner bits!) Might have to give this one a try.