Festool Wood General Purpose Saw Blade, 18-Tooth x 160mm for HKC55/TSC55 Track Saws (578588)

This is a general-purpose circular saw blade designed for fast rip and cross cuts in wood and sheet materials on a Festool cordless track saw. The Festool WOOD STANDARD Saw Blade, 18-Tooth - 6-5/16 in. (160mm) (item number 578588) is the blade to reach for when a job moves between materials — solid wood, chipboard, cement-bonded board, hardboard, and drywall — and you don't want to keep swapping blades to keep up.

The details that matter here are the tooth count and the kerf. Eighteen teeth is enough to keep cutting speed high on rip and cross cuts, while a 1/16-in (1.6mm) cutting width keeps resistance low as the blade moves through material. On a cordless saw, lower resistance means lower power draw, and lower power draw means more cuts out of a single battery charge compared to a standard-kerf blade doing the same work.

Festool builds this blade from high-quality steel with fine-grain carbide teeth, ground with an alternating top bevel tooth style and set at a 15-degree chip angle and 15-degree relief angle. That's not an arbitrary spec sheet — those cutting angles are matched specifically to the saws this blade is designed for, which is what keeps the cut smooth and consistent instead of chattering or wandering, especially when the grain direction changes mid-cut.

The 6-5/16-in (160mm) diameter and 0.79-in (20mm) arbor bore are sized to drop straight into the Festool HKC 55 K, TSC 55 K, and TSC 55 KS cordless track saws — no adapters or modification required.

This is the blade to keep loaded if you run one of those saws for general construction, interior finishing, remodeling, or cabinet and trim work. It's not a specialty finish blade for a glass-smooth edge on veneered panels — it's the everyday blade that covers rip cuts, cross cuts, and mixed materials on a job where changing blades mid-task just slows you down.

Your Everyday Blade for the HKC/TSC Track Saw

The Festool WOOD STANDARD Saw Blade is the one you leave loaded for the mixed-material days — rip a sheet of subfloor, crosscut some trim, cut through a patch of drywall, and never touch the arbor nut.

• Who it's for: Anyone running a Festool HKC 55 K, TSC 55 K, or TSC 55 KS who wants one blade to cover general rip and cross-cut work across mixed materials.
• Why it stands out: The thin 1/16-in kerf lowers resistance and power draw, which matters most on a cordless saw pulling from a battery.
• Worth knowing: This is a general-purpose blade built for cutting speed, not a fine-finish specialty blade — if you need a glass-smooth edge on veneered panels, this isn't the one for that job.

• What saws does this blade fit? It's sized for the Festool HKC 55 K, TSC 55 K, and TSC 55 KS cordless track saws.
• What materials can I cut with this blade? Solid wood, chipboard, cement-bonded board, hardboard, and drywall/plasterboard — it's built for rip and cross cuts across all of them.
• Is this a fine-finish blade? No. The 18-tooth, alternating-top-bevel grind is tuned for cutting speed on general construction and interior finishing work, not for the glass-smooth edge a dedicated finish blade delivers.