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I've found the tooth pitch and design is more important than the manufacturer. I wouldn't cut melamine with the same blade as 18mm Mdf and even ply benefits from a slightly lower pitch than mdf. If you are ripping wood it tends to want a really low pitch.
Its a pain to have to change between them but it's cleared up any issues I had with the saw burning, bogging down or chipping edges.
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Yup, I’ve got a selection of blades but only really change for cutting really thick boards / 45 degrees or ripping solid wood, which is to rare, mostly use the table saw for that.
A 48t general blade works well on pretty much everything, no chipping on decent quality melamine and little face breakout cross-cutting birch ply. Just cuts a bit slow on birch and can burn if not sharp. Any lower tooth count tends to leave lines on the cut edge. I guess it’s just a trade off and there’s no magic bullet.
dbr
What’s everyone’s favourite plunge saw blade? I’ve had Mafell, Trend, Bosch and Freud. All have been pretty good but none amazing.
Freud is probably in the lead but maybe there’s one I’m missing... mostly birch ply in various thicknesses but also some melamine faced stuff and all sorts of other sheet material.