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   Westchester | Jul 15, 2012 03:38pm | #1

   Deflection

   Have you tried a different brand blade ?

   SA

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   Guitarguy | Jul 15, 2012 05:45pm | #3

   Blade Deflection

   No I have not.  I am using resharpened blades and may need to buy a new one as a reference.

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   roc | Jul 15, 2012 03:45pm | #2

   I will change my normal modus operandi

   and open my reply with questions that contain no humor or sarcasm ( so I am being serious here and do not intend to offend because I have seen skilled people make similar errors with power tool blades for direction of rotation ).

   Are the blades put on the machines in the right direction ?

   Second

   Take a look at your blade storage practices.  Maybe one side of the blade teeth are getting dulled by what they come in contact with when put away.  When you pull the back of your thumb nail along the side of the cutting edge of the blades do they catch and dig into your thumb nail ?  Does both sides of the blade feel about the same in this respect ?  You may need to switch hands and use the opposite thumb nail on the other side.  Alternatively you could use a piece of flat hard plastic in place of your thumb nail.

   Hmmmmm

   PS: what condition is the material you are cutting in?  For instance if you have milled even one old dirty reclaimed board from a torn down barn etc. it only takes one hunk of grit or piece of hidden screw to knock the sharp points off one side of a blade and then the blade cuts toward the opposite sharp side of the blade.

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   Guitarguy | Jul 15, 2012 05:48pm | #4

   Blade Deflection

   The blade is on the machine correctly, stored correctly and only cuts new, clean wood.  It may be a problem with my saw sharpening service.  I will buy a new blade as a reference.  Thanks for the reply.

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   wericha | Jul 15, 2012 07:05pm | #5

   I am not a fan of thin kerf blades, especially resharpened ones.  Even with stabilizers, they are problematic.  Unless you have power issues, I would use full thickness blades for the RAS and miter saw.

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   Guitarguy | Jul 15, 2012 10:25pm | #7

   Thin kerf saw blades

   Thanks, I'm starting to see the little problems the more refined my work becomes.  Thanks for the info.

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   BruceS | Jul 15, 2012 07:24pm | #6

   Not my choice of blade

   I would not use that blade on a RAS or Miter saw.     I believe that blade has a 15 degree hook angle,  much to aggressive for those saws and not especially safe.  The blade will want to race twords you on the RAS and also want to climb over the lumber if you feed too fast.

   I would be going for one of Freuds Industrial series blades.  The RAS and miter blades in particular that have a   0 or -5 degree negative hook angle.

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   Guitarguy | Jul 15, 2012 10:27pm | #8

   Blade Deflection

   Good information.  I have had to watch the RAS with just the problem you described.  I will try the different blades. Thanks

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   Knotscott | Jul 21, 2012 06:51am | #9

   The Freud Diablo blades are thin kerf....usually ~ 3/32".... a full 25% thinner than 1/8" full kerf blades, which makes them a bit less stable given the right circumstances.  You can always try switching to a good quality full kerf blade.