Greeting from a novice!
I was recently ripping some 8/4 hard maple for table legs and I noticed that
the feed pressure was a lot more than I anticipated. I had some burning and
stunk up the shop pretty good (enough for the wife to complain ;-) ) I am
using a brand spankin new Forrest blade 40T with an 1/8" kerf.........should
I be using a 24T for this kind of ripping? I also noticed that two of the
four legs I cut had a slight bow in them.....the block I cut them from was
jointed, planed, and perfectly square......any ideas??
Thanks Again!!
Frank
Frank & Renee asks:
>I was recently ripping some 8/4 hard maple for table legs and I noticed that
>the feed pressure was a lot more than I anticipated. I had some burning and
>stunk up the shop pretty good (enough for the wife to complain ;-) ) I am
>using a brand spankin new Forrest blade 40T with an 1/8" kerf.........should
>I be using a 24T for this kind of ripping?
Yes.
Charlie Self
"Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get
the blame." Laurence J. Peter
Welcome to the world of case-hardening. The burning was likely the pinching
of the wood into the blade. R Bruce Hoadley _Understanding Wood_ is an
excellent preparation for woodworking.
Fewer teeth generally means deeper gullets and better chip clearance.
"Frank & Renee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Greeting from a novice!
>
>
> I was recently ripping some 8/4 hard maple for table legs and I noticed
that
> the feed pressure was a lot more than I anticipated. I had some burning
and
> stunk up the shop pretty good (enough for the wife to complain ;-) ) I am
> using a brand spankin new Forrest blade 40T with an 1/8"
kerf.........should
> I be using a 24T for this kind of ripping? I also noticed that two of the
> four legs I cut had a slight bow in them.....the block I cut them from was
> jointed, planed, and perfectly square......any ideas??
>
>
> Thanks Again!!
>
>
> Frank
>
>
Cut true poplar often?
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> I've experienced wood clamping so hard on the splitter the saw had to
> be turned off and wood PRIED off of the splitter.
>
I air dry my oak, so it's "popple" that gets me.
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> Red oak was the culprit.
>
> On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 12:47:16 -0400, "George" <george@least> wrote:
>
> >Cut true poplar often?
> >
> ><[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected]...
> >> I've experienced wood clamping so hard on the splitter the saw had to
> >> be turned off and wood PRIED off of the splitter.
> >>
> >
>
Red oak was the culprit.
On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 12:47:16 -0400, "George" <george@least> wrote:
>Cut true poplar often?
>
><[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> I've experienced wood clamping so hard on the splitter the saw had to
>> be turned off and wood PRIED off of the splitter.
>>
>
I've experienced wood clamping so hard on the splitter the saw had to
be turned off and wood PRIED off of the splitter.
On Sun, 01 Aug 2004 19:24:38 -0400, Jay Pique <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On 01 Aug 2004 18:32:43 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
>wrote:
>
>>Frank & Renee asks:
>>
>>>I was recently ripping some 8/4 hard maple for table legs and I noticed that
>>>the feed pressure was a lot more than I anticipated. I had some burning and
>>>stunk up the shop pretty good (enough for the wife to complain ;-) ) I am
>>>using a brand spankin new Forrest blade 40T with an 1/8" kerf.........should
>>>I be using a 24T for this kind of ripping?
>>
>>Yes.
>
>A splitter might help too.
>
>JP
"Frank & Renee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:0naPc.1158$lD5.880@trndny03...
> Greeting from a novice!
>
>
> I was recently ripping some 8/4 hard maple for table legs and I noticed
that
> the feed pressure was a lot more than I anticipated. I had some burning
and
> stunk up the shop pretty good (enough for the wife to complain ;-) ) I am
> using a brand spankin new Forrest blade 40T with an 1/8"
kerf.........should
> I be using a 24T for this kind of ripping? I also noticed that two of the
> four legs I cut had a slight bow in them.....the block I cut them from was
> jointed, planed, and perfectly square......any ideas??
>
>
> Thanks Again!!
>
>
> Frank
>
Seems possible to me that, from the "had a slight bow in them" reference,
that the stock had some internal tension and these were released as you
ripped. I've had more than one piece of badly dried wood grab the blade
pretty badly and put up a smokescreen. As always, a real ripping blade will
probably outperform a combo blade when the going get tough but when the wood
is grabbing the blade even that might not help.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]
http://johnmcgaw.com
The wood is most likely the problem providing your saw is also properly
tuned and you are feeding parallel to the blade.
Maple is prone to burn if everything is not perfect.
I "resaw" 5/4 Ipe, 3" wide and seldom get burning using the same 40 Tooth
1/8" kerf blade.
"Frank & Renee" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:0naPc.1158$lD5.880@trndny03...
> Greeting from a novice!
>
>
> I was recently ripping some 8/4 hard maple for table legs and I noticed
that
> the feed pressure was a lot more than I anticipated. I had some burning
and
> stunk up the shop pretty good (enough for the wife to complain ;-) ) I am
> using a brand spankin new Forrest blade 40T with an 1/8"
kerf.........should
> I be using a 24T for this kind of ripping? I also noticed that two of the
> four legs I cut had a slight bow in them.....the block I cut them from was
> jointed, planed, and perfectly square......any ideas??
>
>
> Thanks Again!!
>
>
> Frank
>
>
On 01 Aug 2004 18:32:43 GMT, [email protected] (Charlie Self)
wrote:
>Frank & Renee asks:
>
>>I was recently ripping some 8/4 hard maple for table legs and I noticed that
>>the feed pressure was a lot more than I anticipated. I had some burning and
>>stunk up the shop pretty good (enough for the wife to complain ;-) ) I am
>>using a brand spankin new Forrest blade 40T with an 1/8" kerf.........should
>>I be using a 24T for this kind of ripping?
>
>Yes.
A splitter might help too.
JP