Here's what I'm getting (pretty typical for all the blades I've tried:



This cut was with another new blade installed, a 3/16" 14TPI Raker. This cut is better and for me is close enough that I can just kiss (maybe french kiss...haha) it with sandpaper on a block and go. I was kinda surprised as I wasn't expecting a coarser pitch blade to make a better cut. All the other blades though seemed to have kinks in them around the welds where as this one runs really true so maybe that has something to do with it. There aren't a lot of high-quality blades (ie. Timberwolf et. al.) that come in higher tooth counts in a 70 1/2" length. This blade, like most of the others are Magnate sourced from Amazon, two others were Powertec.



I will try dressing the teeth a touch but this is absolutely workable like it is. Thanks for the ideas fellas...