This blade was exactly what I was hoping for. Admittedly, although I own a small woodworking business, I don't spend much time with my small band saw and generally prefer my spiral saws, table saws, or miter saws. For me, the band saw was always too difficult to operate. The blade ran the length of my incisions and that turned out to be a problem. After researching, I found some key points in fine-tuning the various components, including choosing the right blade for the material. This isn't a big deal to most veteran carpenters - I have multiple blades for every other saw in my shop - but for some reason I never considered how much the width and teeth of my bandsaw blade would affect its performance. . Suffice it to say that I am very satisfied with this new blade. On my specific projects, this has given me straight and clean cuts with a good balance of feed rate and surface finish. While I still have less than an hour and a half to do this, I feel like the teeth are still sharp with no obvious signs of wear or damage. So far this has been the biggest improvement for this machine.