Something new every day

[mkepke]

I was crosscutting some 2x10 SYP with my SCMS today. I cut a kerf about 1/2" deep and the wood pinched the blade.

I had to use a rubber mallet to free the blade from the wood. After I extracted the blade, the cut was clearly less than a kerf wide.

I've had wood bind during rips all the time, but never on a crosscut.

You see something new every day !

-Mark

 

[Glennbear]

YUP!! The first time I had that happen it was quite startling. Just proves the adage that if there is a way to warp, bend, kink, or otherwise act up SYP will do it :gar-La;

 

[MrAudio815]

Man that stinks, hope you, your saw and blade is alright.

 

[Gofor]

Sometimes its amazing the amount of stress that can lay in a piece of wood until its cut. I have had kiln dried white oak split only on one side of a cut when crosscutting, but SYP is the worst. I won't even get into the experiences with pressure treated!!

Go

 

[Gotcha6]

Sometimes its amazing the amount of stress that can lay in a piece of wood until its cut. I have had kiln dried white oak split only on one side of a cut when crosscutting, but SYP is the worst. I won't even get into the experiences with pressure treated!!

Go

+1...........or Dricon Fire Retardant treated!

 

[Scwood]

If Im going to crosscut a piece that I think may bind,I cut into the piece a little then back it out and slip it to the left or right about half the blade thickness+. Just repeat this till you get a little over halfway through the wood, then finish the cut in the center of your wide kerf. Just go back and square the end with 1 clean cut.I work alot with heart pine beams and and old thick cypress.This is about the best way to cut anything that is bowed or twisted.Hope it helps.

 

[Ray Martin]

If Im going to crosscut a piece that I think may bind,I cut into the piece a little then back it out and slip it to the left or right about half the blade thickness+. Just repeat this till you get a little over halfway through the wood, then finish the cut in the center of your wide kerf. Just go back and square the end with 1 clean cut.I work alot with heart pine beams and and old thick cypress.This is about the best way to cut anything that is bowed or twisted.Hope it helps.

I use the "wide kerf" trick too. I suspect any wood can have some built up potential, but SYP is the one that always gives me fits. I've had kicks from miter, circ, and table saws. ( I think there is a reminder in here about using safe practices in our woodworking.)