What’s a decent blade for ripping accurately? I’m using an old Craftsman 113 belt-driven saw, which I understand isn’t very powerful. I’d like to get nice rips on some 3/4” thick oak. If I can rip thicker stock in the future, that would be great, but as long as I can at least rip thicker softwoods too I think I’ll be satisfied.
I don’t expect to do enough woodworking to worry about a blade made to last through many re-sharpenings; I just want nice rips. Is a $20-30 Diablo from a big box store going to do what I want, or do I really need to step up to the $70-80 range for cut quality? Thanks!
I’ve seen his recommendation too but that’s another 2x price jump over the price range I’m already trying to avoid!
High quality blades can be professionally sharpened multiple times. Blades from Big Box stores generally cannot. That being said, Diablo’s are fine for home user, IMO.
I forgot exactly how expensive they were when I posted. Sorry