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I bought one of these: XCut HW20-6 from the German supplier.

3/4 inch, variable pitch, carbide teeth. Recommended for resawing veneers etc.

Not cheap (~€90 for the 3330mm blade required for my saw). I haven’t used it much because I couldn’t get it to cut true. I normally use a Tuffsaws M42 bimetal blade (3/4”) for resawing and it cuts true with the standard fence setup.

I need to spend some more time trying to figure out what I can do to get the TCT blade cutting better. I wonder if it is an issue with tension and that saw can’t tension it sufficiently. However I am a bit surprised if this is the case because the bimetal blade is thicker and is fully tensioned at point 8 on the scale running to 10 (i.e. it could be tensioned more if necessary).

Maybe you would have more luck. My saw for reference has 430mm flywheels and is a pretty robust modern machine, 1.5 kW motor, etc.
 

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