Diablo 10-Inch 40-Tooth ATB General Purpose Saw Blade

The best blade to cut with! Worth the price, everything you need and some! And who doesn’t love this red?? A must have!!

Very happy with this purchase. I have the Forrest WWII and have been very happy with it, but I think I am now a Freud user going forward. My WWII had started to dull and while I shipped it off to be sharpened, I decided to spring for the D1040X. I had read several reviews on the Diablo series of blades and thought it sounded like it was worth a shot for $30. I was very happy with the decision. The D1040X has withstood a beating and continues to be razor sharp months later. I've done several projects with some very hard, dense woods, including a vanity out of hickory and a crib out of walnut and this blade hasn't once been anything except awesome. Cross and rip cuts have been crisp and tear out has been minimal. When my WWII is sharp, it performs similarly to the Diablo in those applications, but the differentiator for me and the thing that has impressed me the most about this blade is the stability. The chatter from this blade is nearly non-existent. When ripping thin strips or cutting chamfers, I have always had lots of chatter to clean up (even when my WWII is sharp), but this Diablo blade has really outperformed the WWII in that area. I will continue to use my WWII regularly, but I suspect I will be using these Freud blades as my "primary" blades going forward.

Let me start by saying I don't normally write reviews, mostly just to warn of a bad product (which isn't often as I read reviews before buying pretty much anything). So I've been eye-balling this blade for some time. All the reviews looked good, reasonably priced, but.. When I bought my saw used it came with 3-4 new blades. Granted these were the $10 discount hardware blades, but a new blade is a new blade right? Wrong. So don't waste anymore time, like STOP reading this review and buy it now, then come back and finish reading the review to get all excited for your new blade to get there. Okay, now that you bought it I'll tell you my experience with it. I like to work with pallet word (yes I'm cheap, I was using a $10 blade remember?). I've found some really nice pieces in pallet wood, especially when you can find good hardwood pallets. So I'm working on this project and I notice that my saw seems to be struggling when I'm ripping some oak stringers that are just over an inch think. Now I have an older delta contractors saw with a 3hp motor, not underpowered you could say, but she was struggling nonetheless. Besides that, the cut edge is just black, not exactly the look I was going for and glueline ready? I wish. Even with some 1/2 inch hardwood slats I was ripping I would get burnt edges, even pine would get burnt edges sometimes (but a $25 dollar blade isn't that much better than a $10 blade right?) Fast forward to getting my new blade. Took the old blade out, cleaned up the arbor plates and stuck this new one on. First cut was in an oak stringer and holy crap it was a thing of beauty. Hot knife through butter didn't even discribe it, is almost like it feeds itself, it cuts that easy. Just beautiful, clean, no burn marks and glueline ready. But I do have one problem. I should have ordered this long ago, but that's user error... On a side note, I have 2 new, never used, $10 blades for sale if anyone is interested in saving a buck.

All diablo and freud blades are top notch...I don't even bother trying other brands after using these blades...they are thar good...cut so smoothly I thought something was wrong the first time I used one...it was way quieter and the wood fed through the blade effortlessly...a true game changer

The only brand of saw blades that I buy. It's crazy how well this thing cuts. Also given it's a 40 teeth blade the finish is actually very good as well. Definitely recommend Diablo saws, have them in my miter and my circular.

Used it for cutting laminate flooring and did a great job initially. I thought I would get a longer life out of it but given the thickness of the flooring, maybe it was wishful thinking. Good blade otherwise.

I probably would classify myself as an intermediate wood worker. I am definitely not a cabinet maker. That being said, I do require the tools that I do use to work well for the purpose they are intended. What I do require in a circular saw blade is sharpness, perfect balance and (wobble) free. You may say I have an intolerance for a circular saw blade that wobbles! I first saw this Freud blade in a relative's shop. I noticed that it ran perfectly true in roundness and was wobble free. I said if I can get one just like it that runs that smooth--That's for me; So I ordered it from Amazon. I think Homedepot also carries the Freud line, but at the time Amazon was offering it very competitavely and shipping free. I was not disappointed. I frequently refer to a high RPM tool that has precision built in as--running like a Jet engine---all you hear is a smooth whistling sound, and when you watch it going through a cut or just running free there is no (wobble). With (no wobble) and 40 teeth the (general purpose) gives a surprisingly smooth cut and yet rips well too. If Freud is making all their blades to this standard of excellence they are doing everything right in my book, and at the right price.

Nice saw blade