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Hey gang,
Well, I’ve gone and done it. I ordered a new Makita LS1016L SCMS! It will be my first miter saw, and I’d like to outfit it with a decent blade.
From what I understand, I should probably be looking for a 10″ with 60-80 teeth. I also am aware that with a slider, a small positive tooth angle, or even negative angle, is preferred. I a few Diablo makes one for a SCMS, D1060S. I believe it has a 7 degree positive angle.
Thoughts?
Diablo makes great circular saw blades, would probably get the 80 tooth then something lower for more rough cuts
Jimbo
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Another vote for Diablo blades here. Ive heard good things about Forrest blades too.
Thanks guys. I ended up buying a aFreud LU74R010 10-inch 80-tooth. I read some positive reviews, but haven’t tried it yet. The blade that came with the saw actually seems like a quality one, with 60 teeth.
That’s a nice blade too. I have several Freud blades. Great carbide on them can be sharpened several times.
I like the Diablo blades.
Freud and diablo are one and the same.
That’s way too many teeth IMO unless you’re building cabinet grade projects. I run 44T Diablo’s in my 12″, if tear out is a concern when running door casing or the like, I just put a piece of sacrificial material against the fence…flawless cuts for less than half the cost.
Hugh Jass wrote:
3 hours ago, Hugh Jass said:That’s way too many teeth IMO unless you’re building cabinet grade projects…
I’ll remember that next go-around. Thanks for the tip.
zero clearance insert helps that a lot too….have one on my 12″ milwaukee cuts like a dream