Circular saw blades

A circular saw blade comprising:

• a circular body having a first side face, a second side face opposite the first side face, a periphery, and a central opening defining a center point, the circular body rotatable in a rotational cutting direction;
• and
• a plurality of repeating sets of teeth coupled to the periphery of the circular body, each set of teeth including
• a first tooth having a first rake face facing an adjacent first gullet in the rotational cutting direction, a first lateral face adjacent the first side face of the circular body, a second lateral face adjacent the second side face of the circular body, and a first top face extending across the first tooth from a first top edge of the first lateral face of the first tooth to a second top edge of the second lateral face of the first tooth, the first top face intersecting the first rake face at a first cutting edge,
• a second tooth following the first tooth in a direction opposite the rotational cutting direction, the second tooth having a second rake face facing an adjacent second gullet in the rotational cutting direction, a first lateral face adjacent the first side face of the circular body, a second lateral face adjacent the second side face of the circular body, and a second top face extending across the second tooth from a first top edge of the first lateral face of the second tooth to a second top edge of the second lateral face of the second tooth, the second top face intersecting the second rake face at a second cutting edge,
• a third tooth following the second tooth in a direction opposite the rotational cutting direction, the third tooth having a third rake face facing an adjacent third gullet in the rotational cutting direction, a first lateral face adjacent the first side face of the circular body, a second lateral face adjacent the second side face of the circular body, and a third top face extending across the third tooth from the a first top edge of the first lateral face of the third tooth to a second top edge of the second lateral face of the third tooth, the third top face intersecting the third rake face at a third cutting edge,
• wherein, in each set of teeth, (i) the first top face of the first tooth is beveled in a first direction radially inward toward the second side face of the body at a first bevel angle relative to a line perpendicular to the body, such that the second top edge of the first tooth is disposed closer to the center point than the first top edge of the first tooth, (ii) the second top face of the second tooth is beveled in a second direction opposite the first direction radially inward toward the first side face of the body at a second bevel angle relative to a line perpendicular to the body, such that the first top edge of the second tooth is disposed closer to the center point than the second top edge of the second tooth, and (iii) the third top face of the third tooth is unbeveled, such that the first top edge of the third tooth and the second top edge of the third tooth are disposed at the same distance from the center point, and
• wherein all of the second teeth are disposed radially inward toward the central opening by a first drop distance from all of the first teeth and all of the third teeth are disposed radially inward toward the central opening by a second drop distance that is greater than the first drop distance from all of the first teeth.