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OPJ
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 11:01 am Post subject: |
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| seaco wrote: | | ...the other thing you will notice is there's less saw dust due presumably to the thin kerf. |
I noticed the same thing with a 3/4in. Fastcut blade. Until you mentioned that, I was sure it was because of how I'd greatly improved dust extraction on my old saw...  
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paulm
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Bit OT Lee, but do you happen to know the timber in the two pic's above ?
I have some a bit similar, not sure it's actually the same, and wondered what it was ? The stuff I have is very hard and very heavy, thought it might be hawthorn ?
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Jake
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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| seaco wrote: | I hadn't used a thin kerf blade before and in my mind I thought on thick hardwood I would definitely have deflection from the blade, how wrong I was it cut dead straight and like I was cutting balsa...
Also like Steve I found I could take a slither off an edge which was a bit of a shock |
The thickness of the blade doesn't do much to change deflection; that's much more a function of the tension on the blade. Width for width, that's easier to get up to proper level of tension with a thin bodied blade, so the improvements aren't surprising (especially if your saw isn't the most rigid). |
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Mr Ed
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I just received a consignment of new blades from Ian today - some of the thin kerf ones and one of the Tuffcut blades.
I'll post some thoughts once I've had a chance to use them.
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CHJ
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paulm, I have a couple of totally different pieces that 'look' like seacos piece.
One is a soft and lightweight, Cedar of Lebanon.
The other which may well be what you have is Hard and Heavy, Sweet Chestnut.
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Eric The Viking
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| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:00 pm Post subject: Re: Bandsaw woes and Tuffcut blades mini-review |
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| miles_hot wrote: | | big soft moose wrote: | there's this really good bandsaw dvd you can buy that shows you how to set the saw up and stop that happening.... now what was that guys name again  |
Steve somebody I think - maybe I'll have a look around to see if I can find something to jog my memory for you BSM
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Thank you Steve - a very enjoyable way to be educated!
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Steve Maskery
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Thank you Eric
Glad you found them useful.
Best wishes
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woodbloke
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| paulm wrote: | The stuff I have is very hard and very heavy, thought it might be hawthorn ?
Cheers, Paul |
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paulm
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I do sometimes Rob, but usually have my steelies on in the workshop, there's some big lumps of wood in there and it wouldn't half hurt
It's not sweet chestnut Chas, I've got a fair bit of that, this stuff is much denser and finer/closer grained and rock hard. Came from my old dad's garden a few years ago and looks like a hedgrerow type trunk. Pretty sure it's hawthorn but curious in case it might be something else 
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WellsWood
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Paul, difficult to tell from pics alone but that timber looks a lot like the English Ash I'm currently working, some of it is surprisingly heavy and abrasive on edge tools.
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| paulm wrote: | I do sometimes Rob, but usually have my steelies on in the workshop, there's some big lumps of wood in there and it wouldn't half hurt
Cheers, Paul |
On the occasion I'm thinking of Paul, I didn't have steelies on and your timber was heavy - Rob
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