Freud 10" x 40T Premier Fusion General Purpose Saw Blade - Next Generation

Daniel: I wanted a full kerf blade as I have a 3 HP cabinet saw. Based on reviews, I bought this blade and I am not diasappointed. It cuts very smoothly with minimal tear out on the back side (plywood). Highly recommend. A bit expensive but worth every dollar.

Canada on Dec 13, 2023

Karl H. Sievers: I own high end woodworking gear, and high end blades, and this Diablo cuts thick hardwood, rip or cross-cut, with a finish like glass. I'd put it right up with my Forrest blades which cost a good bit more.

United States on Oct 25, 2023

JamesJames: So far I've used this blade to cut various plywood and hard and soft woods upto 5/4 in thickness both ripping and cross cutting and it worked very well. Gave super clean cuts with very little tare out, but I always use a zero clearance table saw insert or my cross-cut sled which also has a zero clearance inserts. Wood buy again ;-)

United States on Oct 23, 2023

Jim: I've had this blade for a bit over two years. Although it doesn't get daily usage, I've used it enough by now to give it a very enthusiastic recommendation. It has cut a lot of sugar maple and leaves an amazingly smooth surface on the wood, even when crosscutting. I haven't yet noticed any reduction in sharpness. If I somehow damaged this blade I'd buy another one with no hesitation.

Canada on Jan 05, 2023

Amazon Customer: This Freud P410 blade is one of the smoothest cutting table saw blades I have ever owned. Worth the extra price because there is nothing worse than having a saw blade you have to fight with every time you use.

Canada on May 09, 2022

Paul Jenkins: Comparable to a Woodworker II or any other high end cabinet saw blade. Thicker rips on my 1.75hp contractor saw bog down a little with the 40t, but for anything short of 50mm/2" rips in hardwood, this blade leaves a fantastic glassy finish.

Australia on Feb 10, 2022

MWL: This is not a dedicated crosscut blade, but new, it gives incredible crosscuts. Better than it should be able to. I tried Cherry, Oak, and Pine, pretty easy to crosscut, and it did fine. I then tried various plywood products, some with very delicate veneers. All cuts unsupported as the blade exited to see what it could do. No scoring, pre-cutting a kerf, taping, or any other method to minimize tear-out. The lack of tear-out was amazing. Much better than my previous 50 tooth combo blade. I think the high ATB is the difference. (And due to the high ATB, you better be careful handling this blade, especially when new. It bites.

As far a ripping goes, it is good enough to not get past my laziness on most rips. I have a 24 toot ripping blade, but almost never need to use it for sub 1.5inch thick rips.

This may be obvious, but this is not a contender for hogging out dados, etc. The bottom of the cut will be extremely uneven due to the Hi-ATB.

My first blade arrive with a broken tooth. It has obviously been dropped before shipping. Freud could use better packaging with more crush zones. Of course, that might cost more than just replacing damaged blades. Whatever, I...

United States on Oct 28, 2020

Tyler Gatsche: I was a little wary when buying this at first. I do fine woodworking that requires perfect cuts on all my edges. This does it without the need to sand them before gluing. HOWEVER, it does depend on the type of wood, and of course your table saw itself. My last gripe is that the red comes off. This sucks. It's not terrible, and doesn't always come off, but on denser woods that have a lot more friction to offer, you may get a few streaks of red. I use a Dewalt - DWE7480 Table Saw. I do not have a stabilizer on my blade, yet. However, this hardly wobbles at all. Only reason I am getting one is because of the accuracy I need on my cuts (.05 of a degree off and it's not good for me). If you are trying to decide between this and a forrest II, get the forrest II. I have used both, and the forrest II is better at getting through your wood, with smoother cuts. You will need a stabilizer on the forrest II. If you are just looking for a decent blade to do projects around the house with, the Freud is perfectly OK, even OK for most fine woodworking.

I will give a list of how it cuts certain types of woods (I use a lot of different types), and on a scale of 1-5 how well it did.

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United States on Aug 18, 2017

Dave: These are high quality blades. I Have two of these blades and use one for plywood only and the other for everything else. Plywood is hard on blades of any kind but both of these blades have stayed sharp for many projects. I've been using them heavily for about 6 months now and have zero complaints. The carbide tips are much thicker then my previous blades so I know I'll be able to have them sharpened a good number of times. I can see this blade lasting years. The cut quality is top notch with very little tear out.

Don't confuse this blade with the Diablo line that you see at Home Depot. Those blades are thinner kerf and not of the same quality. I need a full kerf blade, which is why I spent a little more and bought these. I would only get a think kerf blade if I owned an under powered saw.

United States on Jul 27, 2016

Allan Mclellan: I have used this blade for the last couple of days and so far I am very impressed. Both cross cuts and rip cuts have left very smooth finishes. I wouldn't say the bottom and top are flawless, but almost flawless, nothing sanding can't eliminate. I am working with pine right now, and I find softwoods harder to work with because they are so soft. But this blade has now removed this disadvantage.

Another benefit I 'heard' right away was the lack of noise coming from the cut. A very pleasant surprise. Maybe I've just been working with a too tired and worn out blade, so anything new would look better. I doubt it. I have never been able to produce such a smooth rip cut before. I definitely would recommend this blade.

Canada on Oct 12, 2013