Sunday, September 30, 2012

TS issue: burned edges on ripped boards - Family Woodworking

Hi gang,
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look 'closely' at the edges on the maple in that stack and you can see that I have an alignment issue on my TS.

I'm trying to figure out Where the problem is though...

when I start a cut, it goes fairly smooth until about 20" into the cut, at which point i need to Both slow down and increase the pressure I'm pushing with... to the point of popping a breaker if I push too hard/fast. taking it slowly, I can get through, but with burnt edges. I've switched blades, both of mine are either 'in dire need of sharpening....' or something is out of whack.

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I've checked and as near as I can tell the blade is parallel with the fence, and with the miter slots.

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now this is the 'best' evidence I've got that the blade and fence are parallel.. I don't have a gauge, so I've used a square, marking a tooth and measuring distance fore and aft to the miter slot and the fence.

HOwever in mid cut, I'm getting a gap:
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and yes, the board itself is straight as near as I can tell.

what am I missing in the equation?

Source: http://familywoodworking.org/forums/showthread.php?28523-TS-issue-burned-edges-on-ripped-boards

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