Cuts great. Very sharp. No wood burn on long rips. Blade was off by 4/1000 when measured with a dial indicator. Much better than my previous Freud blade, but expected a little more accuracy at this price.

I am a weekend warrior, serious do it yourselfer, hobby woodworker. I owned a Freud combination blade for about two years, and although that was a fine blade, it did have quite a few short comings. I decided to go with the Forrest blade, and it really does live up to the hype. The teeth are ground flush to the plate, that’s how you get nearly jointer quality cuts with little or no need for a 1/32″ clean up pass on the jointer. The cross cuts are almost splinter free, even on veneer plywood/MDF. The 30 degree ATB will, I imagine, wear at a faster rate than 15 or 20 degree (despite the extra hard C4 grade carbide), but that is the price you pay for such clean cross cuts. I have the blade mounted on a Hitachi contractor/home shop saw (C10FL model) and despite the 1.5HP motor, this blade does a pretty darn good job of ripping thick hardwoods (purpleheart, maple, bloodwood, etc.). However, I do use a dedicated 20T rip blade when I have a lot of wood to rip to rough size. I don’t know how long this blade will go before I need to send it to Forrest for sharpening, but if I follow their care instructions and never accidentally hit a piece of metal in the wood (yes, it happens) I imagine it will last a couple of years for the amount of use I give the blades. This blade looks so simple and “unsophisticated” but it doesn’t need any “anti vibration slots” or “tension rings” or “cooling slots”. It is a fine piece of American workmanship that really does do what the manufacturer says it will do. Very pleased with my purchase, and I highly recommend this blade to anyone who is even an occasional woodworker.

I bought the JET 708100 JWTS-10 WorkShop 10-Inch 1-1/2 Horsepower Contractor Saw from Amazon. I loved the saw, although the blade was awful for the finish type work I usually am accustomed to performing. I had always heard that the Forrest blades were the best, and after several hundred cuts (still sharp) I agree. The lack of splintering on a piece of ply is amazing for a 40 tooth blade. Highly recommended, will save you money in long run due to quality and versatility.

*In reference to my title, the George Lewis negative review about how the saw blade was a rip off because of lack of diamonds is what is wrong with the world. The Amazon price on this blade is a great value for the moderate to professional woodworker.

The Woodworker II blade replaced a Freud general purpose thin-kerf blade that was just OK. It caused occassional burns when ripped a burn-susceptible wood like cherry. The Forrest WWII (standard .125 kerf) does it all — clean, burn-free rips in cherry, smooth cross cuts on hardwood, and smooth surfaces on both sides of cuts in solid core plywood. It’s unusual to find a product that handles multiple tasks as well they would be handled by several single-purpose tools. This one really does it all. I have a 1-HP Delta contractor’s saw and the WWII blade seems expensive, but it’s worth the cost.

A single WOOD saw blade for $90? I guess people buy anything on an impulse… Amazon should be ashamed of putting this on their SPECIAL PRICE list! Give Me A BREAK!