I've been ripping some Africian Mahogany recently for my end tables and coffee table project. I was using either the stock blade (just back from sharpening) and a 40 tooth Diablo combi blade I picked up at BORG as a backup. Some of the cuts on 4/4 were 50" and it was feeling a bit dicey at times with slow feed and general bogging. It almost felt like my blades were dull, but I know they were not.
Knowing I had a underpowered saw I went searching for a new rip blade. After much searching and fussing and fretting I finally decided on the LU87R010 due to it being thin kerf. I thought about the LM74 and LM72, but they weren't thin kerf even though the LM72 looked like the ideal blade and with my recent experience with uncomfortable rips I wanted the slickest cut I could manage.
The LU87R010 went on the saw today for a couple of Mahogany rips and and some rips in some BORG 3/4 Chinese Birch for a router table stand. All I can say is WOW. The feed was clean, consistent and FAST. I actually thought something was wrong and maybe I didn't raise the blade more than about 1/4" into the stock. The cuts also came out without even a hint of burn (which I had some of on the 50" Mahogany rips with the stock blade). It also did a wonderful job on the plywood with even cleaner cuts than the stock blade. By cleaner I mean not low, but 0 tearout front or back.
In summary, if you are doing a lot of ripping with your BT3100 and feel like you a bogging a bit, take a serious look at the LU87R010. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
I bought mine from Amazon, here is a link to the product: LU87R010
Knowing I had a underpowered saw I went searching for a new rip blade. After much searching and fussing and fretting I finally decided on the LU87R010 due to it being thin kerf. I thought about the LM74 and LM72, but they weren't thin kerf even though the LM72 looked like the ideal blade and with my recent experience with uncomfortable rips I wanted the slickest cut I could manage.
The LU87R010 went on the saw today for a couple of Mahogany rips and and some rips in some BORG 3/4 Chinese Birch for a router table stand. All I can say is WOW. The feed was clean, consistent and FAST. I actually thought something was wrong and maybe I didn't raise the blade more than about 1/4" into the stock. The cuts also came out without even a hint of burn (which I had some of on the 50" Mahogany rips with the stock blade). It also did a wonderful job on the plywood with even cleaner cuts than the stock blade. By cleaner I mean not low, but 0 tearout front or back.
In summary, if you are doing a lot of ripping with your BT3100 and feel like you a bogging a bit, take a serious look at the LU87R010. I don't think you'll be disappointed.
I bought mine from Amazon, here is a link to the product: LU87R010
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