Roger Tulk
Member
- Messages
- 3,018
- Location
- St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Yesterday, I needed to rip a 4' piece of 8/4 cherry. I had a Diablo thin kerf blade on the saw, but it was pretty beat up, so I put the original blade back on the (Craftsman 13amp) saw. I had to feed it VERY slowly, and the saw tripped the breaker a couple of times when I got to the 2½ to 3' area. So, I pulled the board out of the saw and did the cross-cutting I wanted to do, leaving the last 16" or so intact. The right side of the cut was burned, and the cut wandered off centre when I was cutting it.
I had used the old blade for some time before I got the Diablo, but it didn't have any broken or missing teeth, as the Diablo now does. I'm going to be doing a project that is in the nature of a construction project (small addition to my front porch) so I'm not planning to put the Diablo blade back on, and will replace it when I can afford a new one, even tough it still cuts smoothly.
So, I'm wondering, should I get a new, less expensinve combo blade for the upcoming construction, and was my problem with the saw, the blade, or the operator?
Thanks for any advice you can give.
I had used the old blade for some time before I got the Diablo, but it didn't have any broken or missing teeth, as the Diablo now does. I'm going to be doing a project that is in the nature of a construction project (small addition to my front porch) so I'm not planning to put the Diablo blade back on, and will replace it when I can afford a new one, even tough it still cuts smoothly.
So, I'm wondering, should I get a new, less expensinve combo blade for the upcoming construction, and was my problem with the saw, the blade, or the operator?
Thanks for any advice you can give.