Saw Blade Wood Burn

When too much friction and burning occurs it can leave you with a burning smell or smoke that is often enough to set off the fire alarms in your workshop.

Saw blade wood burn.

Make sure that the blade splitter and fence are all aligned exactly how they are meant to be. The blade manufacturer suggested he raise the blade height and this worked in stopping the burn. Keep your saw blades clean to ensure smooth cutting. Three minute video showing how to quickly and easily clean your table saw or circular saw blades with a simple cleaner.

Next make sure that you are cutting with a quick continuous motions. Dull blades are much more likely to scorch and burn wood because the teeth are not cutting the wood fibers effectively. Dirty or dull saw blade. Do what it takes to avoid burning by setting up your saw correctly keeping your blades sharp feeding the wood at the proper speed and using a good splitter.

Blade height affects the angle that the teeth hit the wood. How to video showing how to stop your. 5 blade height in one forum i read where a fellow kept getting burns on his cherry. A dirty blade can also affect the cut.

Make sure that the blade is sharp clean and free of pitch. It could be something as simple as the blade being either dull and in need of a sharp or dirty and in need of a clean that s causing it to burn the wood. Pushing the stock through the saw too slowly is a common cause of saw blade burn. Most wood burning incidents are caused by a dirty or dull blade.

Burn marks on the cut wood result from too much heat on the saw blade. Dull blades obviously make it much harder to cut wood quickly and as we ve already discussed a slower feed rate increases the chances of the wood getting burned. First check your blade. Too low and you make your blade work too hard causing friction.

The heat will scorch the wood as it passes through. If you are still seeing burn marks try giving your saw a tune up. Wood burns when it is fed too slowly goes past a dull blade grabs the back of a blade when it moves while being cut as with case hardened or reaction wood or rubs against a heeling.