20 Best 8 1/4 Table Saw Blade (2022 Updated)

I own 4 Diablo blades, I first put an 8 1/4″ 40 tooth Finish blade in my Delta portable table saw about 4 years ago, and it’s still cutting as fast and smooth as the day I got it. Then I picked up a 7 1/4″ 40 tooth finish / Plywood blade for my Bosch circular saw, I liked it so much I recently bought a spare just to have a back up.

I just replaced my 25 year old DeWalt 12″ miter saw with a new 12″ Metabo, never even tried the Hitachi blade that came with it, I purchased the 12″ 100 tooth Ultimate Polished Finish blade for it. Just cut and laid down 90 feet of 3/4″ quarter round, all cut with this Diablo blade.

I won’t use anything else in my circular saws, and I’m now buying Diablo blades for my 2 reciprocating saws.

I installed this blade on my Makita portable table saw. The blade I had before left an uneven cut, and seemed out of balance. No sign of damaged or dulled teeth. I had purchased a Diablo for one of my mitre saws and found it to be very smooth and even, so I ordered this Diablo blade for the table saw.

I am very happy with the smooth, clean cut it makes, and how the wood passes through the saw with much less effort than before. Looks like I’ll be using Diablo from now on!.

diablo is just a good product; superior, i beleve to other saw blades; they last a long time; take some abuse and can be re sharpened

BEWARE! Don’t believe the hype! Another once great brand going to the dogs. Diablo used to make great blades. They used good tungsten and heaps of it so you could resharpen as needed – saving you money.

Now you pay 50% more and get 50% less tungsten. Skeptical? See for yourself. Compare the ‘old’ Diablo blade you bought last month with the new ‘improved’ ones going on the shelf right now. Sure it’s sharp.

Sure it cuts. But at the end of the day, while they can hype it up any way they like, the consumer ends up paying 2-3 times more. It used to be you could trust Diablo. Now it seems they are becoming another over-hyped marketing driven brand trading on consumer naivete and past reputation.

Mine will be going back and I will be buying local.

Purchased this blade for dual purpose. First I needed as large a number of fine cutting blade teeth for smooth cuts with materials that tend to chip easily and I wanted a saw blade that will cut metal smoothly with little if any residue.

So far this blade has done an excellent job with melamine covered chip board and provided smooth cuts through color bond steel. It is a little early to say I recommend it because I bought it for two specific jobs one quite small and the metal cutting I have only just started and may be some time before it is finished.

None the less worth a look.

I purchased this 80 tooth blade as I had originally purchased a 90 tooth but found that I was getting binding due to the blade being thinner than the riving knife. The 80 tooth was appropriately sized.

I find with melamine I have to have the blade set pretty high in order to get a clean chip free cut in 5/8 material. If I go by the rule of thumb of 1/2 blade sticking out the top, I have really bad chipping.

I’m a power user of tools and equipment. Needed this blade for a specific purpose. All I can say is that’s it’s absolutely awesome!! Heavy duty, insanely sharp and durable carbide and it has reliefs cut into the blade to ease stress and reduce warpage caused by the heat of continuous cuts.

kerf is a bit wider than preferred but nothing to squawk at when needing a blade this size.

I want to cut 6X material in two cuts with my 8-1/4” Skil saw. The blade depth of an 8-1/4” Skil saw should be up to 2-7/8. Unfortunately with an 8” blade (which is what this is) the depth of the cut is only 2-3/4”.

That means that you BARELY make it through 5-1/2” stock with two back to back cuts. It is so close but not good enough. I will find a true 8-1/4” blade instead next time.

Its a Diablo wood blade. Enough said! Diablo is the best brand IMO. No matter the tool, if it requires a saw blade, Im putting on a diablo blade.

People spoke highly of this blade from other reviews so I decided to try it. They were right. It’s a very good blade for laminate if used on a non-sliding mitre saw. Clean cuts, minimal burning, no struggling.

Price is a bit high but I’d strickly reserve it for laminate floor to preserve the blade.

Bought this to use on an old circular saw and works a treat. Have used on 3mm steel bar, 25 x 25mm tube for gate frame and the odd bolt. I did create a small table to us the saw as a dropsaw. In hindsight may have been better off purchasing a 254mm blade with better coating and the ability to cut harder stainless.

Not recommended for the 174mm blade.

Bought this blade to build a 10×16 foot shed with metal roof. Got half the roof up and realized about half the carbide teeth had come off the blade. This blade works no better than a plain carbide wood blade.

This 7 1/4 High-Density Tungsten Carbide tip circular saw blade (DWA1711424) is comparing it to using a new utility knife blade to cut. Nothing like a very clean and easy cut! It’s clean and smooth and cuts a fine line through wood other than simple framing lumber with ease.

I normally go with Diablo blades, but this is very even with them in durability. Even though this has a thinner kerf cut than the Diablo blades. This blade is. 065” and Diablo is at. 093”. It is especially nice, while using a secured guide, to cut 3/4 sanded plywood, which usually frays and splinters fairly easily, but not with this blade.

This blade created the smoothest cuts I have ever have seen, there was very little tear out at the end of the cut. Ordinary cuts are a cinch, and it stays nice and sharp. This blade is amazing! It cuts through PT lumber like butter.

No telling how many cuts it will take to make it dull either. It’s worth every penny. Quality matters!!! DeWALT has done some great innovation to this blade. I would recommend this blade to my peers!!!.

The best way I can describe this 7 1/4 High Density Tungsten Carbide tip circular blade is comparing it to using a new razor with a perfectly sharp blade. Nothing like a close shave! It’s clean and smooth, and cuts a fine line through wood other than simple framing lumber with ease.

It is especially nice, while using a secured guide, to slice 3/4 sanded plywood, which usually frays and splinters fairly easily, but not with this blade. Ordinary cuts are a cinch, and it stays nice and sharp.

No telling how many cuts it will take to make it dull either. From my vantage point: it’s worth every penny. Quality matters!.

The GOOD!: Cuts reliably. Little to no resistance while cutting most common materials. Has great vibration reduction to keep that blade from drifting. Never had any kick back using this saw blade. The Bad?: After using it with so many projects the teeth gummed up with thin film of junk.

Weather that’s glue, or other products from manufactured woods it seems to make it harder to push through any product after that buildup happens. NOTE! This happens on all blades and is not really the fault of the manufacturer.

Should have replaced my original blade years ago on my Craftsman 19. 2v circ saw. I thought the batteries were dying. Nope, it was a dull blade. This new Irwin is thinner and the saw rips thru pine quickly, and doesn’t overwork the batteries.

it’s a bit of a rough cut, but i have plenty of files and sandpaper.

This is my first Irwin bade and I am pleasantly surprised. I was using a 20T Craftsman combination blade that was still very sharp but the feed felt slower than I wanted. I got this Marathon blade on a whim and it zips through pine and plywood with virtually no resistance.

It is very thin, I couldn’t even tighten the nut far enough as the threads stopped the nut on the shaft. Had to make a washer fit just to tighten it up. Not a big deal. Inexpensive blade that does a great job.

It can wander a bit as it is so thin, but it makes your table saw act like it has twice the horse power.

I was about to undertake building a desk out of ash and figured it was time to replace my table saw blade. What a difference. I was able to rip boards and then glue them up straight off the table saw without using a jointer.

Great blade for the money wouldn’t hesitate to get another one when it is time.

The Tool man 10 Saw Blade is a good replacement blade for my Makita Miter Saw. The saw used a Makita 50T blade that went dull. This new blade has an 80T blade thats sharp. It made fast and clean cuts.

A great value too.

I’m not sure how long it lasts but so far it cuts steel really well. It’s much faster and cleaner than a grinder or a reciprocating saw and cuts with minimal Sparks and vibration. I feel like project cutting times will be dramatically reduced and cut quality and accuracy will be greatly improved.

For the price I feel like it’s very much worth it.

I used it to cut R panel sheet metal in a skill saw. Works very well. Wear eye protection as the metal chunks fly everywhere. Hearing protection advised as well. But not nearly as loud as the wood blade turned around as some people do.

Highly recommend this blade.

So I haven’t used this blade a lot , just a couple cuts. I have to give it a fair chance. I ripped some knotty alder with both blades. They both seem to cut vary well. Not saying my saw is aligned perfectly.

But both cut a good glue line cut. The Forrest blade might have been a little smoother, but was very hard to detect. Operator error causes a lot. Conclusion that I think the other blade cut just as good as the Forrest blade.

This is the first time I’ve had a Forrest, I’ve always wanted to try them. That being said, I’m not really all that impressed with the results. I think it is a very well made blade, I did notice how thick the carbide is.

But cut quality wasn’t much better as with the other blade. More use might change my mind.

Very good blade, perfectly straight, good and sharp. First blade I purchased for my 3hp Saw Stop so hard to compare to others but very happy so far. I have used it to rip and cross cut 4/4 hard maple and walnut.

Also used on 3/4 maple and walnut plywood and mdf core. I also cut hardrock particle board and it cut very nice in all of them. Very minimal chipout on backside of sheet goods with stock tabkesaw insert.

Would probably do even better with a zero clearance insert.

This has been on my tablesaw for a few months and I am completely satisfied with its performance. Crazy sharp. This blade produces excellent cuts on solid lumber as well as sheetgoods. I’ve used it on Melamine, MDF, Baltic Birch, White Oak, Hard Maple, Sapele, and Pine among other products with consistent high quality performance.

Smooth glue line quality joints with no tearout.

I needed a blade to cut laminate flooring and didn’t want to pay $90 for the one at the big box store. The diablo blade from factory direct was almost half the price and has been cutting great. The standard shipping was free and the product arrived in 4 business days (and this was a week before Christmas).

I would definitely recommend this product and factory direct supply.

I’ve had this blade for over four and a half years, and it just got dull. I’ve made so many cuts that I’ve had pounds of chips. No matter what I cut, including the occasional piece of wood, the cut is accurate and smooth.

I don’t understand any of the other complaints.

I use this blade in my table saw for cutting PVC trim boards. It allows a smooth finish cut that looks fine without sanding. I can resaw to a different thickness with less sanding on the finish. This is by far the best blade I have used for PVC.

Not only does it make a smooth cut, I can tell from the sound of the motor that it requires less power to do the same cuts as other blades I have used.

This is the first time me trying this type of blades for stainless steel tubing, I was only able to do 1 clean cut the next 7 cuts was getting slow and slow until it got to the point were it got very hot on the pipe and started to burn the material.

For the price I think its too much for what it can actually performance, maybe its better on other metals. It just didnt work for me.

Was able to make one steel cut, after that it just deflected off metal, I then bought an Evolution blade that has not stopped cutting since I got it, watched many reviews and I don’t believe the Diablo folks are honest.

$51. 00 lesson learned. Would not recommend Diablo, but would totally recommend Evolution.

Great price and value. Some tear out on oak. Cuts pine and basswood like butter. Thanks for a good overall product. Will see how it cuts after getting it sharpened.

I bought two of these blades for about ten bucks. I don’t know how long they will last but so far I’m quite pleased. They cut great without to much splintering or feathers. They leave a thin kerf because they are thin blades which helps save wood and makes my circular saw feel more powerful because it’s removing less wood than a standard width blade does.

I’ve used them on two by framing lumber and to break down sheets of Baltic Birch plywood and the first one is still as sharp as new. I don’t have reason to use my circular saw a lot anymore so these two blades should last me for a very long time.

For the price they may even be decent for on the job use, but again, I haven’t used them enough to wear one out yet. They seem just fine.

I was building an outdoor kitchen and I needed lots of concrete board but the reviews on most of these blades where not great. Either very expensive or short life. I was skeptical but I went with this blade and was impressed I needed to cut.

8x – 4×8 1/4 inch sheets of hardibacker 10x – 3×5 1/4 inch sheets of hardibacker 5x – 3×5 1/2 inch sheets of hardibacker. All boards required cutting and this one blade cut them all with ease. Even after all that cutting it cut just as smooth and clean as the first cut.

See picture. lots of cuts needed. Wear glasses and dust mask this stuff is bad for your lungs.

I wrote a review on this blade several months ago when I bought it. I couldn’t say much positive or negative about it at the time as I had only used it once. Now I have used it quite a bit. I’ve used it for general cutting and also for cutting out some nasty old particleboard flooring.

It’s still a good blade! When it needs sharpening, I’ll probably just buy another one as I don’t know anybody who sharpens carbide.

Makes nice smooth cuts in emt and rigid conduit! I use this in my 7 1/4″ ryobi brushless saw, works great! It will cut wood too, and this is much more stable (and less fragile) to use than a porta-band saw.

She throws sparks and metal chips ‘erywhere, so keep that in mind if your somewhere requiring hot work permits. So far, I’ve used it to make 25+ cuts in emt, rigid, and 3/16″ “L” channel, still sharp as new! Don’t force it, let the teeth do the work!.

Bought this blade for cutting ACX plywood and cross cutting boards for cabinets, and I’m impressed. I’ve got other Diablo blades, and the cut quality is great on all of them, but this takes it to another level.

Amazingly smooth cuts in plywood, with no tear out. But the coating is wearing off of my blade, and it didn’t get pinched or bound up in any cuts. None of my cuts even ended up with that telltale red residue that Diablos leave if you bind them up.

Hoping that the coating holds up.

I purchased this blade for cutting laminate floor with my miter saw. Did a great job doing a basement about 1000 sqft, using laminate boards 13mm thick+2 mm pad. And the blade is still good. Cuts are still very clean.

Love it! After much consideration and research I bought this blade for a vintage DeWalt (1956) radial arm saw that I am restoring. It checks all the boxes. I was particularly interested in it due to it’s low hook angle of only 10 degrees.

With a low angle like this my saw is less likely to pick up my material from my table when ripping. It’s safer. And I am a Freud fan any way. I have a few of their cutters and they all are very nice.

In researching I found many radial arm saw users expressing satisfaction with this blade. No complainers. And, I have an earlier uncoated one in a bigger size for my other radial saw. I am in process of cutting out some rails and stiles for some cabinets so I put it on and wow, so smooth and precise! If you can’t justify the cost of separate cross and rip blades, this is the ticket!.

I bought the 12” Hercules miter saw that came with a similar blade so when I saw this go on sale I didn’t hesitate. I bought this for my 10” table saw to use for general purpose so I don’t dull my expensive blades that I use when making furniture.

I am by no means saying that I couldn’t use this but this blade is thinner so I don’t want to take the chance of deflection during cutting taking off a dimension. So far this blade has been performed exceptionally, very sharp giving clean cuts.

Hadn’t bogged down during either cross or rip cuts and leaves a really cut surface. These are my go to general purpose blades, won’t even look at another brand. My 60T 12” blade has been staying sharp so I expect the same from this one.

Every Hercules branded tool I have bought to date has been a home run, hats off to you Harbor Freight!.

I don’t use this blade as intended, I bought a walk behind lawn edger and converted it in to a stump grinder. I use these blades to grind the stumps. I have used the blades to grind eight stumps six of them were 23-30 inches across and the blades cut as good on the last one as the first I grind down to ground level and with the carbide teeth if you hit a rock it won’t destroy the blade.

one tough saw blade. My only problem is I knocked one of the knock out diamonds out while flexing the blade across a stump, you end up going from a 5/8” hole to about a 1” diamond shaped hole. I added a flat washer between the two blades and on the outsides and kept grinding.

You can see that I punish these saw blades and they keep going like the energizer bunny. I recommend these blades.

I was looking for a higher tooth saw blade for my 12″ miter saw, so I can make finish cuts. This one was right in that sweet spot for me at 80t. So, I bought this blade to make sure that my hardwood floor cut pieces did not any rough looking cuts on ends that would be exposed.

This blade is eating right through the hard wood, with ZERO issues AND it’s lasting. meaning, some blades when cutting hardwood, will dull out after just a few uses. This one has made enough cuts so far, to complete almost 1000 sf of 3/4″ European White Oak flooring.

And it’s still cutting with no issues. I will also be using this for finish cuts on a couple other projects that I need to build. A shoe bin and coat rack area (mud room) as well as floating shelves.

When it’s time for a new blade, I will be getting this blade again.

Let me first say that I have been using Forrest blades for more than 25 years. I’ve always considered them to be the cream-of-the-crop. Bought my 3rd WW ll thin kerf about a month ago. Fortunately I have developed the habit of checking the welds where a carbide cutter is connected to a steel core (ie a router bit).

I found a carbide tooth on the saw blade that was out of alignment and barely attached. Obviously this could have cost me an eye. Forrest repaired it promptly (though they didn’t send a different blade as I requested).

I cannot post a photo here but I am going to “Rockler Woodworking “ next to post a photo. The moral is do not get complacent because you are dealing with a normally reputable manufacturer!.

I bought this to replace the factory blade on my contractor table saw. As a hobbyist this works for me and is a good value for cleaner general purpose cuts.

If you are cutting long boards with the grain of the wood a rip blade is needed. This is exactly what I needed. This isnot for cutting across the grain so I switched the blade in my tablesaw to at least double the amount of teeth.

On plywood I one with even more teeth. It works great for ripping lumber along the length of a board, not across. A great product and price.

This is a inexpensive very good quality high rpm running saw. Comes with all the whistles and bells to do what you need to do. Does not have the extended table top but for small jobs, it’s ideal.

Freud’s SD508 super dado set was a pleasure to use, easy set up and yielded accurate cuts. I chose this set for making 1-1/2″ D x 3-1/2″W dados in red oak legs for a new work bench. First I mic’d the width of several teeth on each blade and chipper to confirm their individual widths–these were accurate to +.

001″. Next I made a 1/2″ stack (without shims) and measured the overall width–total width was slightly over. 500″ but I was making several passes (width & depth) so this was insignificant. On measuring blade height (protrusion) through the table saw top I noticed one of the outside blade teeth was.

003″ taller than the rest; I set the height to match the tallest tooth and went to work, slowly making passes. The side wall cut was extremely smooth with no burns or chatter marks; the bottom of the cut was relatively smooth, however, there was a noticeable, but very fine, groove at the bottom of each through pass that marked the location of the highest tooth.

This was easily remedied with light sanding. There was occasional fuzziness on the end edge of cuts when I traveled too fast. I detected no vibration in the stack while making numerous passes. I am very pleased with the results and would highly recommend the Freud SD508 Super Dado set.

Excellent Dado set. Comes with a chart to help you get very close to your exact size. Dado is very smooth with no splintering on the cut edge. This was my third set. Other sets were much cheaper (other brands).

Wish I would have just spent the money on Freud to begin with.

Great dado set. Extremely sharp and cuts true and smooth flat bottomed dados. The stacked dado set comes with plenty of chippers of different thicknesses and shims to adjust the width of cut. The set comes with a DVD with instructions on how to operate the adjustable dado and tips on how to make a sled.

It does not, however, provide instructions on how to operate the stacked dado but it was easy enough to figure out. It does come with a very handy chart explaining which combination of cutters and chippers to use to achieve different dado widths.

Very helpful! Would definitely recommend this high quality dado for the discerning craftsman.

As a joiner of 30 years this must be the worst blade I have ever used,ones at half the price are much better,after a couple of hours cutting laminate floors they go completely dull,never again will I buy one of these blades.

Really good blade, super sharp

Good blade.good price