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Cooler Wrote: (03-11-2021, 08:37 AM) -- Is this an all steel blade or a carbide tipped?  The carbide tipped blades cut a wider slot than the steel portion of the blade and  is less likely to bind. --...
katlorine Woodworking 14 3,752 03-11-2021, 10:03 AM
  0 Thread: New circular saw burning the wood
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AHill Wrote: (03-11-2021, 08:19 AM) -- The wood is too wet / has too much moisture content.  The blade heats things up, then the wood expands, closing in on the saw.  Either let the wood dry out more...
katlorine Woodworking 14 3,752 03-11-2021, 10:02 AM
  0 Thread: New circular saw burning the wood
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Aram Wrote: (03-10-2021, 08:56 PM) -- No offense (really) but I'll ask just to get it out there. Is the blade mounted in the correct orientation? -- Yes definitely, I was paranoid about that when p...
katlorine Woodworking 14 3,752 03-11-2021, 09:59 AM
  0 Thread: New circular saw burning the wood
Post: RE: New circular saw burning the wood

lift mechanic Wrote: (03-10-2021, 07:33 PM) -- It is possibly blade pinch. Start the cut and go until you can see the cut behind the saw. Stick a wood wedge, shim shingle or a flat screw driver in th...
katlorine Woodworking 14 3,752 03-11-2021, 09:58 AM
  0 Thread: New circular saw burning the wood
Post: New circular saw burning the wood

Hello! I am a relative beginner, and I've just started working with a brand new circular saw (Craftsman, V20, 6 1/2" circular saw).  At first it was doing just fine while I was cutting some 2x4s...
katlorine Woodworking 14 3,752 03-10-2021, 06:22 PM

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