I recently assembled and began working on a Delta contractors type tablesaw in our shop/studio. It works fine….but I had a problem today with burning of the edges of the workpiece. I was cutting quite thin pieces from oak stock…about 1/4 inch. I haven’t had this problem before with a table saw. Any suggestions as to how to prevent burning of wood sides during cutting…or is the the size of my cut?
Chase
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In my experience, the first thing to suspect would be that the saw blade and the rip fence are not in parallel alignment. If this is the case you will usually see burning on one side of the cut or the other.
A dull blade will also produce this.
Or maybe you have the blade in backwards! (Ha Ha)
Hal
http://www.rivercitywoodworks.com
burning is caused by either a dull blade or stock fed too slowly while cutting. it is also possible your blade is sharp but glazed over and needs cleaning.
A few quick thoughts:
- check the fence alignment
- you might try some different blade heights to see if the friction is reduced some
- more likely, the burning is a product of an uneven feed rate - try to come up with a method that allows you to keep the wood moving through the cutting zone at a more or less even rate, without any stops and starts (e.g., while you reach for a push stick etc.).
Thanks....it was an uneven rate feed....but I'll check the alignment as well.....many thanks for the tips.Chase
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