Plywood Blade cuts cleanly

it is nearly impossible to get ZERO chipping on the down side of veneer, no matter what blade you use unless you have a) a scoring saw b) zero clearance plate c) take preventative measures ………

you can use masking tape………it helps

cut two pieces at the same time, one being the sacrificial lamb

Nice review, thanks for posting it

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Thanks for the excellent review.

-- Vicki on the Eastern Shore of MD

Thanks for the review.

Nice review. It is hard to get zero tearout underneath on some materials. Scoring it, using a ZCI, and/or applying some painters tape can help. The LU79 is the thin kerf version of the Freud LU80 (formerly the Freud Premier F80), which is an excellent Hi-ATB blade with a steep 40° top bevel. If all is well with the saw, the LU79 and LU80 are about as good as it gets in plywood/sheetgood cuts ….very comparable to the Forrest Duraline, CMT 210.080.10, Infinity 010-080, and Amana MB10-800.

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There is always something new to learn.Thanks for the review.

-- Jeff,Tucson,Az.

I wish there was a way to change the rating of the review. After using this blade for several cutting sessions in the shop, the initial impression was more than justified. I would now give it five stars, as it is exactly the right tool once I learned to use it correctly. The only drawback in my initial impression was a SLIGHT amount of chipout. After some of the comments here I tried something and I am now consistently getting cleaner cross cuts from this blade than the factory edge on the plywood. The secret wasa sacrificial backer. I keep a sheet of luan handy now to go under all of the good ply and let it tear out the luan. I do not have to do this on rip cuts. Just to see how much of the improvement was due to the technique and not the blade, I put my original combination blade back in the saw and cut with a luan backer. This was not really a fair test because I had also had the combo blade sharpened in the meantime. The cut was better but there was still a small amount of tearout that would have been unacceptable. I cannot say whether the improvement was because of the sharpening or the technique With a supported cut and the new ply blade there is NO tear out of the veneer.

Now I have to fix the squareness of my panel cutting jig. You get one thing fixed and it shows you something else to attend to.

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