Tools & Materials
Tenryu BP-18505 Sawblade
Astonishingly quiet
Teeth: 5/diamond
Price: $53
Initial cut: Excellent
Complete cuts: 41
Total lineal ft.: 1476
Price per cut ft.: $0.04
This excellent blade finished as the runner-up in almost every category. It was second-best in the endurance, cost-effectiveness, and quality-of-cut tests. Before it began to show signs of wear, it was astonishingly quiet. Buy this one if the Diablo is out of stock.
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