"mark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I find when ripping 1"kiln dried birch my blade does a bit of wandering. I
>tried a 36 tooth flat tooth for ripping and a 40 tooth atb for comparison
>and they both do it. Both blade a sharp. Is this normal, would blade
>stabilizers help prevent this? Does not do it with pine.
Even cheap, thin blades should not wander. Wobble maybe but wander? Review
your ripping technique. DAGS - Check your blade - fence alignment. Get a
good quality ripping blade.
Dave
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"mark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I find when ripping 1"kiln dried birch my blade does a bit of wandering. I
>tried a 36 tooth flat tooth for ripping and a 40 tooth atb for comparison
>and they both do it. Both blade a sharp. Is this normal, would blade
>stabilizers help prevent this? Does not do it with pine.
>
If you are using a thin kerf blade consider stabilizers. Is the board flat?
Are you using feather boards in front of the blade? Is the fence parallel
to the blade?
If the motor bogs, feed slower. If the wood burns at that slow feed rate,
get a blade with less teeth.
"mark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The blade does not wander at all in soft wood or even thinner birch but
the
> thick 1" birch which actually bogs the motor down tend to make the blade
> wander. I will try the feather board idea.
>
> "Enoch Root" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > mark wrote:
> >> I find when ripping 1"kiln dried birch my blade does a bit of
wandering.
> >> I
> >> tried a 36 tooth flat tooth for ripping and a 40 tooth atb for
comparison
> >> and they both do it. Both blade a sharp. Is this normal, would blade
> >> stabilizers help prevent this? Does not do it with pine.
> >
> > I have to compensate for the flexibility of the fence on my proxxon
> > table saw, usually by clamping a piece of stock to the table behind it.
> >
> > And, like Leon says, use a featherboard or similar to keep the board up
> > against the fence.
> >
> > er
> > --
> > email not valid
>
>
The blade does not wander at all in soft wood or even thinner birch but the
thick 1" birch which actually bogs the motor down tend to make the blade
wander. I will try the feather board idea.
"Enoch Root" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> mark wrote:
>> I find when ripping 1"kiln dried birch my blade does a bit of wandering.
>> I
>> tried a 36 tooth flat tooth for ripping and a 40 tooth atb for comparison
>> and they both do it. Both blade a sharp. Is this normal, would blade
>> stabilizers help prevent this? Does not do it with pine.
>
> I have to compensate for the flexibility of the fence on my proxxon
> table saw, usually by clamping a piece of stock to the table behind it.
>
> And, like Leon says, use a featherboard or similar to keep the board up
> against the fence.
>
> er
> --
> email not valid
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "mark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I find when ripping 1"kiln dried birch my blade does a bit of wandering. I
>>tried a 36 tooth flat tooth for ripping and a 40 tooth atb for comparison
>>and they both do it. Both blade a sharp. Is this normal, would blade
>>stabilizers help prevent this? Does not do it with pine.
>>
> If you are using a thin kerf blade consider stabilizers. Is the board
> flat? Are you using feather boards in front of the blade? Is the fence
> parallel to the blade?
Are you sure that it is the blades? If both blades wobble would check to
make sure that it isn't the saw. Have you given the saw a tune-up?
Might be that the saw power is too weak for the blade. Is it a thin kerf
blade? Thin is much easier on low power saws.
Jim
"mark" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The blade does not wander at all in soft wood or even thinner birch but
> the thick 1" birch which actually bogs the motor down tend to make the
> blade wander. I will try the feather board idea.
>
> "Enoch Root" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> mark wrote:
>>> I find when ripping 1"kiln dried birch my blade does a bit of wandering.
>>> I
>>> tried a 36 tooth flat tooth for ripping and a 40 tooth atb for
>>> comparison
>>> and they both do it. Both blade a sharp. Is this normal, would blade
>>> stabilizers help prevent this? Does not do it with pine.
>>
>> I have to compensate for the flexibility of the fence on my proxxon
>> table saw, usually by clamping a piece of stock to the table behind it.
>>
>> And, like Leon says, use a featherboard or similar to keep the board up
>> against the fence.
>>
>> er
>> --
>> email not valid
>
>
mark wrote:
> I find when ripping 1"kiln dried birch my blade does a bit of wandering. I
> tried a 36 tooth flat tooth for ripping and a 40 tooth atb for comparison
> and they both do it. Both blade a sharp. Is this normal, would blade
> stabilizers help prevent this? Does not do it with pine.
I have to compensate for the flexibility of the fence on my proxxon
table saw, usually by clamping a piece of stock to the table behind it.
And, like Leon says, use a featherboard or similar to keep the board up
against the fence.
er
--
email not valid