I am curious about the advantages of using a toothed blade for smoothing in a LN #4. What does this provide over and above the standard blade?
I am curious about the advantages of using a toothed blade for smoothing in a LN #4. What does this provide over and above the standard blade?
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Simply, less material is being removed (50%, actually). It is easier to push and also has less of a tendency to pull out knots. After using the toothed blade, you would normally switch back to the standard blade and take of the ridges.
Chris @ flairwoodworks
One of our Knots/WWA buddies in Seattle made one last year, specifically to work highly figured wood. Seems it works great for that purpose.
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