I have a home built saw I use for cutting planks and such. It's an old 3450 rpm grinder with a 4" Thurston I-293 blade on it. I usually works very well and cuts consistent planking down to .020" no problem. Today I was cutting some 4"(.083 in 1:48) square stantions. I started with 1/4"x1" material and cut it into 1/4"x .083" strips. When I try to cut these strips into .083" x .083" strips the wood tries to ride up over the blade. I thought the blade was dull but it feels good. Kind of catches on your skin when you feel it. Has anyone got any idea what I'm doing wrong? The blade is set so it just sticks through the wood.
Thanks
Edit- I've been trying things. I changed blades and it worked fine so I thought it must be the blade. But the I realized that the blade was stick up higher. I can't change the blade without messing with the height. So I put the original blade back in at the new blade height. It works fine. I lowered the blade back to the "just sticking through" and the wood is now trying to climb over the blade again. So it's the blade height that's wrong. Brings up a new question, what is the proper way to set the blade height? Is it different when you're cutting skinny little sticks?
Thanks again
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explains it all very nicely.
Thanks
Edit- I've been trying things. I changed blades and it worked fine so I thought it must be the blade. But the I realized that the blade was stick up higher. I can't change the blade without messing with the height. So I put the original blade back in at the new blade height. It works fine. I lowered the blade back to the "just sticking through" and the wood is now trying to climb over the blade again. So it's the blade height that's wrong. Brings up a new question, what is the proper way to set the blade height? Is it different when you're cutting skinny little sticks?
Thanks again
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