  - 12-inch saw blade combo pack; for cutting softwood, hardwood, chipboard, and plywood with miter and slide miter saws
- Thin kerf (.099 inches) for fast, smooth cutting; wedge shoulder design
- Carbide construction
- Includes 12-inch 80T and 12-inch 32T blades with 1-inch arbor
- 3-year limited warranty
 List Price: $106.33 Lowest Price: $29.99 
 Amazon.com Product Review: You can buy the finest miter saw on the planet, but if you put a bargain blade on its arbor, you might as well use a cheap handsaw. Here are a couple of first-rate carbide-tooth blades from DeWalt that deliver the kind of cut a decent saw deserves and can inspire a mediocre saw to be a cut above usual. Each 12-inch blade has a thin kerf that cuts fast and leaves a clean line with as little waste as possible. The 32-tooth blade is perfect for framing and other rough-cut applications, while the 80-tooth blade gives you a super smooth cut every time on everything from particle board to hardwoods. If you've priced blades of this caliber, you know that you can easily pay this much for one comparable blade, so this two-blade package is a great deal.--Kris Jensen-Van Heste What's in the Box Series 20 DW3128 12-inch 80T carbide blade, DW3123 32T carbide blade 
Customer Reviews: Rating:  Date: 2007-08-29 Great pair of blades for a 12" Miter Saw I purchased these blades for my DeWalt 12" miter saw. The 80 tooth blade does a great job on finish work w/o having the extra nicks and chips on the ends of the hardwood as I have had with other blades. Rating:  Date: 2007-08-26 Great product, but 4 month delivery I have been thrilled with the saw blades, but I had to go buy something else because they took so long to get here. Because of the great price, I waited and did not cancel my order. Rating:  Date: 2005-09-21 DeWalt DW3218P5 12" Blade Combo Pack Just right for clean cuts. NOT for use on laminate flooring. Rating:  Date: 2005-07-07 Good deal-Good product I looked at several places for the Dewalt miter blades and your site offered me the best choice and the best price. I am thoroughly happy with your service and your product. I am going to buy this combo if it is offered the next time I need Miter blades. I will refer everyone I know to this site and product. Rating:  Date: 2005-06-24 Great deal I guess... but I'm not so happy with the blades There is no doubt that you get a lot of blade for the money with this combo pack and I'm happy to have the blades for some applications. However, I've been disapointed with the performance of the 80 tooth blade.
I've had trouble with a few things, the first is that when cutting a bevel (saw tilted), I see quite a bit of deflection in the blade on anything but the smallest of stock. Cutting 3/4 pine caused this blade to deflect, thus bind, thus burn, and leaves me with an uneven cut. I'm confident that it's not my saw (Delta TwinLaser - 15 amp motor) because other blades work well.
The other thing I don't love is that it takes forever to wear the yellow paint off the blades with cuts - and so every cut has a hint of yellow for quite a long time. Not a big deal, but kind of unecessary.
To round it out, I'm just not that happy with the cut even when it's straight down. I get chipping or tear-out on almost any kind of lumber that I've tried... red oak, pine, poplar, etc. It doesn't matter how fast or slow I make the cut. While that's a pain, I will say that the center of the cut is very smooth.
The rough cut blade does do a fine job for cutting framing lumber straight up and down - very fast. I have not needed to use that for a bevel cut, but I would guess it has the same problem.
So, if you do rough cut work and don't have a need to make bevel cuts, these are probably a great deal. If your needs are more, then I would say spend your money on some better blades.
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