MakitaA-93681 10-Inch 80 Tooth Micro Polished Mitersaw Blade Silver

Makes beautiful clean cuts on 4X4s. No tear outs at all. Great value.

This will be a short review. The sharpness of the factory blade that came with my Makita compound miter saw went the way of the dinosaur. It was time for something fresh. I looked at what was available and chose the Makita 80t. I thought the price was fair and the reviews good. Maybe all the blades out there would/will perform similarly so I'm not going to say this is the best blade ever made. I will say that it is very sharp, cuts clean, runs true, and is a relatively narrow kerf design. I have a Forrest blade for the Makita and it cuts well but removes a lot more materiel since it is quite a bit thicker.Bottom line... I'd be really surprised if you weren't completely satisfied... thrilled even. Best blade ever? Maybe, maybe not but it's a very, very good blade.

This blade cuts as good as any of the high priced blades of $100+One of my favorite blades to use. Stays sharp a long time.

I was a bad tool keeper and left my sliding mitre outside (sheltered) for 3 years. This was the blade on it. It got rusty and I recently had my mitre saw gone over at a shop.Came back with the Original blade but it was rusty.Replaced with the same one and will do it again if this one ever gets dull. Excellent blade for crosscutting. Maybe not for battery or underpowered saws but for my 10 inch sliding Makita, it's NOT lacking in any way.Cuts like glass. Can burn hard maple if you are not careful, but very smooth!

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This blade excels in a sliding miter saw for trim carpentry applications. It produces cuts that are glue-ready and wastes a minimum of material. It will handle heavier materials, though with some effort. I have used it on 2x for framing and even the occasional PT, and it does fine, albeit rather slowly, as one would expect from an 80t blade. It does fairly well on plywood. But what it really shines at is crosscuts in fairly thin material, like 1x boards and moldings. The cuts are just gorgeous and blowouts are minimal, even with fairly delicate finger-joint pine millwork. It is manufactured in Thailand.I have had mixed results with Makita blades over the years, and I had low expectations of an imported blade this cheap. But this one has proven itself to be a real winner.

This highly competively priced Makita is one of the best saw blades I’ve ever used. And certainly the best one for my sliding miter saw. Miter saws are loud and create a lot of dust. This thin kerf blade tackles both problems well. The thin kerf significantly reduces dust and is quieter than a normal kerf blade. The lower resistance also reduces the blade's tendency to climb on dado cuts. Through cuts, using both hard and soft wood, are smooth and clean.I don’t use a thin kerf blade on my table saw because of the occassional blade deflection. But there is almost no deflection on a miter saw so thin kerf is highly appropriate.

I build furniture, cutting boards, chess boards, heirloom boxes, and a variety of other things and at one time or another I've tried most saw blades for chop and table saws. This Makita blade makes a fairly pronounced whirring noise and tends to lift the wood slightly, but other than that, the cuts are consistently perfect with very little blade marks. The blade lasts as long as much more expensive blades even when cutting Jatoba, Hickory, Brazilian Walnut, and Snakewood. I bought another brand because of any emergency need recently, and I was very disappointed. In the future, I'll buy just this blade for my table saw.