> I don't have a bandsaw and will have to rip strips on my tablesaw. At over
> $4.00 a boardfoot I want to minimize the wood I turn to dust. My only
> ripping blade takes a giant kerf - I suppose I could reset the teeth. My
> combination blade has 40 teeth; it rips oak slowly but will go through
> cedar fine. Obviously, it isn't meant to do all that ripping though. Does
> anyone have a recommendation for a fine-kerf rip blade?

Last year I purchased a Forrest Woodworker II thin kerf blade and could not be happier. I've ripped about 400 bf of Western Red Cedar and the cuts are still smooth and clean. Check out the latest issue of Better Home and Gardens Wood magazine for a comparison of 10" tablesaw blades. The Forrest is the second most expensive but you really get what you pay for.