It became readily apparent, that I have been doing this wrong for quite a while. I normally use a 50 tooth combination blade, instead of switching back and forth for different cuts.
After using this on a few cuts, I stand corrected. This thing cuts through hardwood, like a hot knife through butter! Wow.
I cut my last piece of black walnut with the table saw instead of the little Ryobi portable. I made one cut on each side, just a little over 3" deep, without any trouble at all. Seriously? Yes.
I also cut a 2" thick piece of oak with this blade, and I am impressed.
Here's a pic of the cut oak, with a very smooth cut, and again, the cut was very quick, without pulling the motor down.
I have an old Delta 10" table saw, with a 1.5 hp motor that is 3 phase, but am running it on single phase electric. That means that I get about 1 hp out of the motor, since only 2 of the 3 legs are "hot". It works fine, but just doesn't have quite the power that a larger motor would, or if this was on 3 phase.
As I said, this made ripping oak and walnut very easy. Yay!
