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I have done a bit of research and have not been able to find the answer to my question. I have quite a bit of walnut planks I would like to cross cut on my 10″ sliding mitre saw. The planks are about 10″ wide and 3″ thick, and these cuts will be finish cuts for furniture. The planks are to long to try and crosscut on the table saw. How many teeth on the blade would you recommend for this? I plan to buy a good quality blade that I will dedicate for the purpose ofcutting this thick material. I have read that more teeth makes a cleaner cut but I have read you should use less teeth for thicker material to reduce heat and bogging down the saw. So remembering it is a 10″ blade how many teeth on a blade would be ideals for this single purpose use? Thanks
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Without a doubt this would be my choice.
http://www.freudtools.com/p-20-thin-kerf-sliding-compound-miterbr-nbsp.aspx
The LU91M
I have a 60 tooth blade that is super smooth on deep cuts, although I generally rough cut thick boards a few blade thicknesses too long and recut them with the finer toothed blade to prevent blade binding on the finished cut.
Having said that I also have a Forest 40t blade that cuts smooth as butter and could get the job done, although 99 percent of 40 t blades are probably too coarse for what you're doing.
Thin kerf blades
For miter saws, I prefer at least 60T thin kerf blades. On long thick cuts like you describe, don't try to make the cut on one pass. Instead make several passes going deeper on each pass. Slow is better and be careful to not bog the saw down.
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