Track Saw Blades

[Julie Moriarty]

I'm ripping 5/4 hard maple with a Dewalt track saw and did it ever struggle. Don't know if this is normal but if it isn't I'm guessing I need a better blade than the one that came with the saw.

I looked on the Forrest website but couldn't find any track saw blades. Next I checked the Freud website and same thing. Amana, ditto.

Who, besides Dewalt, makes a blade for their track saw?

[David Eisenhauer]

I have heard that Oshlun makes some blades to fit the Festool saw. Maybe your as well?

[Jamie Buxton]

Dunno about the DeWalt, but the smaller Festool comes with a blade optimized for cutting plywood -- lots of teeth, and with negative hook. It rips lumber poorly. You want a real rip blade.
Freud does make a rip blade that fits the Festool, and I think it would fit the DeWalt. Oshlun makes track saw blades, and charges a lot less for them than Festool or Freud.

[Chip Byrd]

I have the Dewalt track saw and use this to cut 6/4 maple: http://www.amazon.com/Freud-LU87R006...ilpage_o04_s00

[Jared Sankovich]

I have the Dewalt track saw and use this to cut 6/4 maple: http://www.amazon.com/Freud-LU87R006...ilpage_o04_s00

I have that blade. While it cuts with less effort, the cut quality is really poor

[Sean Tracey]

Tenryu makes saw blades for plunge cut saws. Their website says they make blades suitable for Festool TS55 and TS75 machines and "others". You could check and see if one of the sizes of the blades fit Dewalt.

[Eric Schmid]

For ripping check out the 12 tooth, 160mm blade from Festool. Much less load on the saw. Very aggressive, so you may get some chip out on your zero clearance strip as the blade comes up out of the cut. I dedicate one side of the Dewalt track to this blade. Their 28T universal also rips easily and gives a cleaner cut than the 12 tooth. Does not seem to cause chip out. Festool blades are a bit pricy, but well made with lots of carbide.

I ran a 12 tooth through 16 or so hidden steel deck fasteners last year. Not on purpose, of course; they were just right in my cut line. After the first couple I just decided to go for it. Lost some edges, but the sharpenening service got it back in service for $14.

I've had Diablos loose entire teeth on a lot less.

[Julie Moriarty]

I just did another web search and found this article on FWW: http://www.finewoodworking.com/tool-...ided-saws.aspx But they don't give the manufacturer's number for the blades. All I could find on Amazon for the Freud blade is Freud LU96R006M20 but the picture of the blade shows print on the blade that says it's a thin kerf laminate and floor laminate blade.

I was able to find a Forrest blade made for Festool - WW16507100 - but it's 5mm smaller in diameter so you give up about 1/4" in cutting depth. It's $101 on Amazon. I'm still holding out on the hope I can find a Freud Glue Line rip blade for the track saw. About the closest I could find was Freud LU86R006M20. It's a 160mm general purpose blade that has ATB with 12 degree hook. Not sure how that would perform as a rip blade.

The blade that came with the Dewalt track saw burned the 5/4 maple and I couldn't go any faster or it would noticeably bog down the saw. It's just not the right blade for ripping.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Julie...from the FWW article I found this one on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Oshlun-SBFT-16...MK3MY9TVGVBJ3F

It claims to fit Dewalt and others.

Here's a number of Freud blades on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...%2Ctools%2C219

[Rick Potter]

I also have the Freud, and I think I prefer the DeWalt. The Freud seemed to dull pretty fast cutting melamine. It is available in two tooth counts though. Got mine at Rockler, I think I saw some at HD also.

Infinity also makes track saw blades. Haven't tried them.

[Julie Moriarty]

I just found a Forrest Woodworker II blade on Amazon - WW06407100. It's $97.00. If it can cut as well as their 10" WWII, that would be nice. But my personal experience is the Freud Glue line rip cuts better than the WWII in the 10" size.

[Julie Moriarty]

Julie...from the FWW article I found this one on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Oshlun-SBFT-16...MK3MY9TVGVBJ3F

It claims to fit Dewalt and others.

Here's a number of Freud blades on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...%2Ctools%2C219

Thanks, Ken but it's a crosscut blade. I need a good ripping blade. I'm beginning to wonder if the track saw is seldom used for ripping hardwoods.

[Julie Moriarty]

I just found a Forrest Woodworker II blade on Amazon - WW06407100. It's $97.00. If it can cut as well as their 10" WWII, that would be nice.

Just saw that Forrest WWII blade has a 5/8" bore.

[Mel Fulks]

I would just ask for the most aggressive low tooth count one available. I know with 10 inch table saw blades you can tell the difference between 20 and 18 teeth.

[David Gutierrez]

infinity tools has track saw blades that fit dewalt.